Editing Essive case (section)

{{Short description|Grammatical case}}
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In [[grammar]], the '''essive case''', or '''similaris case''', ([[list of glossing abbreviations|abbreviated]] {{sc|'''ess'''}}) is a [[grammatical case]].<ref>O'Grady, William, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, and Janie Rees-Miller. "Morphology: The Analysis of Word Structure." Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction. 6th ed. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010. Print.</ref> The essive case on a [[noun]] can express it as a definite period of time during which something happens or during which a continuous action was completed. It can also denote a form as a temporary location, state of being, or character in which the subject was at a given time. The latter meaning is often described as the equivalent of the English phrase "as a __".<ref name="Niemi">Niemi, Clemens. Finnish Grammar. 3rd ed. Duluth, MN: C.H. Salminen, 1945. Print.</ref>