The pertingent case is a

grammatical case A grammatical case is a category of nouns and noun modifiers ( determiners, adjectives, participles, and numerals), which corresponds to one or more potential grammatical functions for a nominal group in a wording. In various languages, nomin ...

found in the

Tlingit language The Tlingit language ( ; ''Lingít'' ) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada and is a branch of the Na-Dene language family. Extensive effort is being put into revitalization programs in Southeast Alaska to re ...

. It is used to refer to something which is touching something else: for example, in English, "the chair ''touching the table''", or "against the wall". In the Tlingit language, the pertingent case is marked with the suffix . For instance, is the pertingent form of , meaning “shore”. In Tinglit, the case may also be used to refer to the membership of a group. The phrase means “they are of the Kaagwaantaan clan”. This usage of the case can be found in sentences containing

stative According to some linguistics theories, a stative verb is a verb that describes a state of being, in contrast to a dynamic verb, which describes an action. The difference can be categorized by saying that stative verbs describe situations that are ...

imperfectives that refer to multiple positions. For example, the phrase means “bodies of water lie here and there upon it.” It is also found in the

Archi language Archi is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Archis in the village of Archib, southern Dagestan, Russia, and the six surrounding smaller villages. It is unusual for its many phonemes and for its contrast between several voiceless v ...

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