Equative case
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Equative is a case with the meaning of comparison, or likening. The equative case has been used in very few languages in history.[citation needed] It was used in the Sumerian language.
For Sumerian, the equative was formed by adding the suffix -gin7 to the end of a noun phrase:
- lugal, "king"; lugal-gin7, "kinglike", "like a king":
- nitah-kalaga; "mighty man"; nitah-kalaga-gin7, "like a mighty man"
For Ossetic it is formed by the ending -ау [aw]:
- фæт, "arrow"; фæтау, "arrowlike"
- Ницы фенæгау йæхи акодта, lit. "nothingseer-like himself made" ("[he or she] pretended to see nothing").
For the Finnish language there are a few cases where equative is used.[citation needed] The ending is -sensa/-sensä.
- Hänen ikäisensä, "same age as she"
- Hänen näköisensä, "looks like him"
It is also found in the Turkic Khalaj language[1].
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