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Egressive case

The egressive case marks the beginning of a movement from an approximate location or a moment in time.

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The egressive case (abbreviated egre) marks the beginning of a movement from an approximate location or a moment in time.

This case is used in Udmurt1 and Veps languages2 (both belong to Uralic languages).

Example

Udmurt

гурт

(a) village

ысeн

starting from

гуртысeн

starting from a village

гурт ысeн гуртысeн

{(a) village} {starting from} {starting from a village}

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