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Cases

Æbbro nouns do decline, according to a nominative-accusative system with 16 cases:

Case	Meaning
Nominative	This case marks the subject of a verb. It is regarded as the base form of the noun, and it is used as the vocative form.
Accusative	This case marks the direct object of a verb.
Genitive	This case marks possession and belonging, either intentional, unintentional, or indirect.
Dative	This case marks the indirect object.
Ablative	This case marks the origin of an action or a state. It is also used to mark the subject of an nominal form of a verb.
Instrumental	This case marks the tool or the instrument which are used to perform an action or to be in a certain state. It can also mark the company, indicating an entity, together with which a certain action is performed or a certain state exists.
Locative	This case marks the place where an action is performed, or a certain state exist (stative location). It can also have a temporal value.
Allative	This case marks the final point of a movement (motion toward a place). It can also have a temporal value.
Delative	This case marks the point of origin of a movement (motion from a place). It can also have a temporal value.
Benefactive	This case marks the final purpose of an action or a state. In a broad sense, it marks the ultimate beneficiary of an action or a state.
Causative	This case marks the reason or the cause, which are the source of an action or a state.
Abessive	This case marks the tool or the instrument which are absent while performing an action or being in a certain state. It can also mark the absence of company, indicating an entity, without which a certain action is performed or a certain state exists.
Essive	This case marks existance or equivalence. It specifies an entity in its state, or which is the second term in an equivalence comparison. (as, like)
Comparative	This case marks relation. It specifies an entity, which is the other term in any kind of relations. (like, in relation to)
Benefactive	This case marks detriment, opposition or objection. In a broad sense, it marks the entity against which a certain action is performed or a certain state exists.
Partitive	This case marks partiality. In a broad sense, it marks the totality, from which a certain part is considered.

Each case, except for nominative and accusative, can have other functions. Other types of clause complements can be conveyed using various adverbial postposed forms (which can be regarded as postposition).