"prepositional case" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prepositional cases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prepositional case (plural prepositional cases)
  1. (grammar) noun case serving as object of a preposition. Prepositions that often govern the prepositional case include "about", "in", "on", and "near". Russian is an example of a language that uses the prepositional case. Wikipedia link: prepositional case Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (case serving as object of a preposition): 方位格 (fāngwèigé) (Chinese Mandarin), prepositief (Dutch), prépositionnel [masculine] (French), წინდებულებითი ბრუნვა (c̣indebulebiti brunva) (Georgian), Präpositional [masculine] (German), Präpositionalfall [masculine] (German), Präpositionalkasus [masculine] (German), prepositivo [masculine] (Italian), preposizione [feminine] (Italian), 前置格 (zenchikaku) (alt: ぜんちかく) (Japanese), praepositionalis [masculine] (Latin), kes sendi nama (Malay), lokativ (Norwegian), caso preposicional [masculine] (Portuguese), предло́жный паде́ж (predlóžnyj padéž) [masculine] (Russian), caso preposicional [masculine] (Spanish), lokativ [common-gender] (Swedish), giới cách (Vietnamese)

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