essive-modal

noun

essive-modal

noun
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A case used in the Hungarian language to express the state, capacity, or task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows or speaks (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").

Related terms
-ul, -ül

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