essive

essive
/es"iv/, Gram.
adj.
1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a state of being.
n.
2. the essive case.
[1900-05; < Finnish essivi < L ess(e) to be + -ivus -IVE]

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