What is essive case?

Definition
	Essive case is a case that expresses the temporary state of the referent specified by a noun.
	The case has the meaning of
	while, and in the capacity of.

Discussion
	The term essive case is used especially in Finnish and Hungarian grammatical studies.

Concept module: essive case
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