Final case is used for marking ''final cause'' ("for a house").
Semitic languages
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, the Horn of Africa, and latterly North Africa, Malta, West Africa, Chad, and in large immigra ...
had that case, but all of them lost it
[Karin C Ryding, ''A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic'', Page 166]
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Arabic
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, nouns in such position are marked by the accusative marking (e.g. ''ǧadda ṭalaban li-l-ʼaǧri'' he worked hard for the sake of reward).
See also
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Causal-final case found in
Hungarian language
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Grammatical cases
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