illative case

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illative case

noun illative cases

  1. A case used to indicate movement into something; for example, into the house. Languages that make use of the illative case include Finnish, Hungarian, and Quechua.

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noun case used to indicate movement into something

Españolcaso ilativo
日本語入格 nyūkaku
中文入格 rùgé
Portuguêsilativo, caso ilativo
Françaisillatif
DeutschIllativ
Românădefinitiv
Русскийиллати́вный паде́ж illatívnyj padéž, иллати́в illatív

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@misc{illative_case_2026,
  title = {illative case},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/illative%20case},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}