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 * Russian cases:
 * Standard cases, occurring in all (or almost all?) declinable Russian words (nouns, adjectives and pronouns):
 * : nominative — for the subject or agent
 * : genitive — for the possessor of something, and with many prepositions
 * : dative — for the target of a movement or direction, and with many prepositions
 * : accusative — for the object or that acted upon, and with many prepositions
 * : instrumental — for the means by which an action is performed, and with many prepositions
 * : prepositional — exclusively with prepositions
 * Sporadic cases, occurring in relatively few Russian words:
 * : locative — for the place where something is or happens
 * : vocative — for a person or thing addressed
 * Cases used when discussing other languages:
 * : ablative — various usages, especially for that from which something is taken away
 * : allative — for that toward which there is movement