instructive case en · NOUN
Meanings
- noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| instructive cases | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (14)
ca instructiu (case used to indicate means) · es caso instructivo (case used to indicate means) · et instruktiiv (case used to indicate means) · lv instruktīvs (case used to indicate means) · pt instrutivo (case used to indicate means) · sv instruktiv (case used to indicate means) · fi instruktiivi (case used to indicate means) · ru инструкти́в (case used to indicate means) · liv instruktīv (case used to indicate means) · de Instruktiv (case used to indicate means) · fr instructif (case used to indicate means) · et viisiütlev (case used to indicate means) · is tækisfall (case used to indicate means) · fi keinonto (case used to indicate means)