naamval — meaning in English
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English meaning
- case noun A particular situation, instance, or set of facts.
Senses
naamval is used for these senses in English:
- elative case (grammar) The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian.
- grammatical case (grammar) A mode of inflection of a word dependent on its use, especially the syntactic function in a phrase.
case — full definition
- noun A particular situation, instance, or set of facts.
- noun A matter under legal, medical, or professional investigation.
- noun A container, box, or covering designed to hold or protect something.
- noun Grammar: the form a noun, pronoun, or adjective takes to show its role in a sentence.
- verb To pack something into a case, or to observe a place closely before a robbery.