Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In grammar, noting the case expressing position on.
Wiktionary
- n. the superessive case, a grammatical declension used, chiefly in Hungarian, to indicate location on top of something or on the surface of something.
Etymologies
- From the Latin verb superesse ("to be over and above"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Compared to a Finno-Ugric language like Estonian or Hungarian, which has tons of cases with exotic names like the inessive, superessive, ablative, translative, and exessive, English seems as poor as a pauper on payday.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘superessive’.
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phrontistery-s
from phrontistery.info
sabaton, sabbatarian, sabbulonarium, sabelline, sabin, sable, sabliere, sabot, sabretache, sabulous, saburration, saccade and 1593 more...
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a case of cases
evoking a kind of heavy chest of drawers, for me. Latin (and German) at 11; now Finnish, and a fascination for what else is out there.
Entering all these, I did have to struggle not t...nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative, vocative, locative, partitive, inessive, elative, illative, adessive and 62 more...
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Whatever the Case May Be...
Various grammatical cases.
ablative, accusative, vocative, dative, nominative, genitive, locative, abessive, absolutive, multiplicative, addirective, caritive and 49 more...
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