单词 | instrumental case |
释义 | > as lemmasinstrumental case instrumental case n. Grammar (in Sanskrit, Slavonic languages, and some other inflected languages) a case of nouns and pronouns, and of words in grammatical agreement with them, the typical function of which is to express the means or instrument with which something is done.In 19th-cent. grammars of Sanskrit this case is also designated as causative or implementive. Compare e.g.:1848 H. Welsford Mithridates Minor 105 Sanskrit Nouns..have eight cases... The third may be denominated the Implementive Case, having the force of the sign by, or with. < as lemmas |
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