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- noun grammar A
case of second objects, being a derivation of thecomparative case but intended for larger, more substantial objects, and used to join or combine one thing with another. It corresponds roughly to a variation of theaccusative case: I understood him (him in the substantive case rather than the accusative, since no action is performed on the object). Languages that use the substantive case includeChechen andIngush .
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