essive


es·sive

E0217650 (ĕs′ĭv)adj. Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case indicating a state of being or an existence in a particular capacity or state in some languages, as in Finnish professorina, "as a professor."n.1. The essive case.2. A word or form in the essive case.
[Finnish essiivi, from New Latin essīvus : Latin esse, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots + Latin -īvus, -ive.]

essive

(ˈɛsɪv) n (Grammar) grammar a grammatical case denoting a state of being