"instructive case" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: instructive cases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} instructive case (plural instructive cases)
  1. (grammar): noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian. Wikipedia link: instructive case Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (case used to indicate means): instructiu [masculine] (Catalan), viisiütlev (Estonian), instruktiiv (Estonian), instruktiivi (Finnish), keinonto (Finnish), instructif [masculine] (French), Instruktiv [masculine] (German), tækisfall [neuter] (Icelandic), instruktīvs [masculine] (Latvian), instruktīv (Livonian), instrutivo [masculine] (Portuguese), инструкти́в (instruktív) [masculine] (Russian), caso instructivo [masculine] (Spanish), instruktiv (Swedish)

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