Superessive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Superessive is an adjective meaning Of or relating to the superessive case.
Meaning
Of or relating to the superessive case.
More Meanings
- Synonym of superessive case.
Example Sentences
"TIZA 'ten' and HUSA 'twenty' have irregular superessives in forms such as "TIZA:N + "OT tizenot [tizenot] 'fifteen', HUSA:N + HAT huszonhat [husonhot] 'twenty-six';[…].
[…]the same three dimensions accommodate distinctions not merely between 'interior' and 'exterior' cases but also between them (and 'posterior' cases) and superessives ('superior' cases).
The following two examples illustrate incorrect delative inflection. This happens either on a personal pronoun in the first sentence (róla 'about/off-of him/ from him' instead of superessive rajta 'about') or in conjunction with nouns.
2012, László Kálmán, Péter Rebrus, Miklós Törkenczy, Possible and impossible variation in Hungarian, Ferenc Kiefer, Mária Ladányi, Péter Siptár (editors), Current Issues in Morphological Theory: (Ir)regularity, analogy and frequency, page 28, These examples show that, while the 1PL possessive endings and the superessive (SUE) determine the quality of the linking vowel (high in 1PL, mid in the superessive), […] .
Word Forms
- superessives
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include exessive, essive, supersessory, supersessional, successorial, sublative.
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