Definition
Inessive case is a case that expresses a location within the referent of the noun it marks.
Discussion
The term inessive case is used especially in Finnish grammatical studies.
Examples
(Finnish)
- talo -ssa
house -in(INESSIVE)‘in the house’
Sources 3
- Lyons 1968, 299
- Gove 1966, 1156
- Crystal 1985, 156