benefactive case
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A case used to indicate beneficiary, or the receiver of the benefit, roughly corresponding to English prepositions such as for, for the benefit of, in the interests of, intended for, or on behalf of.
Example Sentences
- "Basque and Quechua are languages with a benefactive case."