Superessive case

The Superessiv (from Latin super "on " and eat " his " meaning " of the case Then one") is a local cases, which occurs inter alia in Finno -Ugric languages. It refers to the position on a reference object. He is, for example, in Hungarian by the suffix - (e / o / o ) n represents:

  • Hajó -n " on the ship " ( hajó "ship" )
  • ARK- on "in the ditch " ( árok " ditch " )
  • Bokr - on "in the bush " ( bokor " shrub " )

Other languages ​​with many local cases have a Superessiv, such as many languages ​​of the nachisch - Dagestani language family. An example from the Lesgischen:

  • Xil -el " on the branch " ( xil " branch " )

The counterpart to the Superessiv is the Subessiv ( " Among the case one").

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