Editing Illative case (section)

{{Short description|Grammatical case used in languages such as Finnish, Lithuanian, and Hungarian}}
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In [[grammar]], the '''illative case''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|l|ə|t|ɪ|v}}; [[list of glossing abbreviations|abbreviated]] {{sc|'''ill'''}}; from {{langx|la|illatus}} "brought in") is a [[grammatical case]] used in the [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[Estonian language|Estonian]], [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Latvian language|Latvian]] and [[Hungarian language]]s. It is one of the [[locative case|locative]] cases, and has the basic meaning of "into (the inside of)". An example from Hungarian is {{lang|hu|a házba}} ('into the house', with {{lang|hu|a ház}} meaning 'the house'). An example from Estonian is {{lang|et|majasse}} and {{lang|et|majja}} ('into the house'), formed from {{lang|et|maja}} ('house'). An example from Finnish is {{lang|fi|taloon}} ('into the house'), formed from {{lang|fi|talo}} ('a house'), another from Lithuanian is {{lang|lt|laivan}} ('into the boat') formed from {{lang|lt|laivas}} ('boat'), and from Latvian {{lang|lv|laivā}} ('into the boat') formed from {{lang|lv|laiva}} ('boat').