inessive

inessive
/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; < L iness(e) to be in, at, or on (in- IN-2 + esse to be; see IS) + -IVE]

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