adessive

adjective

ad·​es·​sive

(ˈ)a-¦de-siv

of a grammatical case

: denoting presence at a place

—used especially in Finnish and Hungarian grammar

Word History

Etymology

Latin adesse + English -ive

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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