Editing Inessive case (section)

{{Short description|Grammatical case}}
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In [[grammar]], the '''inessive case''' ([[list of glossing abbreviations|abbreviated]] {{sc|'''ine'''}}; from {{langx|la|inesse}} "to be in or at") is a [[locative case|locative]] [[grammatical case]].  This case carries the basic meaning of "in": for example, "in the house" is {{lang|fi|talo·ssa}} in [[Finnish language|Finnish]], {{lang|et|maja·s}} in [[Estonian language|Estonian]], {{lang|mdf|куд·са}} ({{Transliteration|mdf|kud·sa}}) in [[Moksha language|Moksha]], {{lang|eu|etxea·n}} in [[Basque language|Basque]], {{lang|lt|nam·e}} in [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], {{lang|lgt|sāt·ā}} in [[Latgalian language|Latgalian]] and {{lang|hu|ház·ban}} in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]].

In Finnish the inessive case is typically formed by adding {{wikt-lang|fi|-ssa|-ssa/-ssä}}.  Estonian adds {{lang|et|-s}} to the genitive stem. In Moksha {{lang|mdf|-са}} ({{Transliteration|mdf|-sa}}) is added (in Erzya {{lang|myv|-со}} ({{Transliteration|myv|-so}})).  In Hungarian, the [[Affix|suffix]] {{lang|hu|ban/ben}} is most commonly used for inessive case, although many others, such as {{lang|hu|on/en/ön}} and others are also used, especially with [[cities]].

In the Finnish language, the inessive case is considered the first (in [[Estonian language|Estonian]] the second) of the six locative cases, which correspond to [[wikt:locational|locational]]  [[preposition]]s in [[English (language)|English]].  The remaining five cases are:
{{Wiktionary|inessive case}}
* [[Elative case]] ("out of")
* [[Illative case]] ("into")
* [[Allative case]] ("onto")
* [[Adessive case]] ("on")
* [[Ablative case]] ("from")