INESSIVE


Meaning of INESSIVE in English

/in es"iv/ , Gram.

adj.

1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or within which.

n.

2. the inessive case.

[ 1885-90; iness ( e ) to be in, at, or on ( in- IN- 2 + esse to be; see IS) + -IVE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .