Prosecutive case
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The prosecutive case is a declension
found in Tundra Nenets
and in Old Basque
. This is a variant of the "prolative case
".
It is used to describe movement using a surface or way. An example is the phrase "by way of/through the house."
Declension
In linguistics, declension is the inflection of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and articles to indicate number , case , and gender...
found in Tundra Nenets
Tundra Nenets language
Tundra Nenets is a Samoyedic language spoken in northern Russia, from the Kanin Peninsula to the Yenisei River, by the Nenets people. It is closely related to Nganasan and Enets, more distantly related to Selkup and even more distantly to the other Uralic languages...
and in Old Basque
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
. This is a variant of the "prolative case
Prolative case
The prolative case is a declension of a noun or pronoun that has the basic meaning of "by way of"....
".
It is used to describe movement using a surface or way. An example is the phrase "by way of/through the house."