Pertingent case

{{Short description|Grammatical case}}

The pertingent case is a grammatical case found in the Tlingit language.{{cite web |last1=Wheeler |first1=Kip |title=Common Declensions and Cases |url=https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/declensions_and_cases.pdf |website=Carson-Newman University |accessdate=15 September 2018}} 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 {{lang|tli|-x̱}}. For instance, {{lang|tli|ÿax̱-}} is the pertingent form of {{lang|tli|ÿán}}, meaning “shore”. In Tinglit, the case may also be used to refer to the membership of a group. The phrase {{lang|tli|Kaagwaantaan-x̱}} means “they are of the Kaagwaantaan clan”. This usage of the case can be found in sentences containing stative imperfectives that refer to multiple positions. For example, the phrase {{lang|tli|áx̱ naadákwt}} means “bodies of water lie here and there upon it.”{{Cite book |last=Crippen |first=James |url=https://tlingitlanguage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Tlingitology-Seminar.pdf |title=Tlingitology Seminar Notes: Background and Morphology |date=January 22, 2013 |publisher=University of British Columbia}}

It is also found in the Archi language.