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absolutive case en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action. The absolutive case is used to mark the subject of an intransitive verb, as well as the object of a transitive verb (inasmuch as they are codified in the English nominative-accusative system). Some languages that employ the absolutive case include Abkhaz, Basque, Chechen, Dyirbal, Hindi, Inuktitut, Hiligaynon, and Yup'ik.

Forms

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absolutive cases Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

ergative case

Translations (20)

sv absolutiv (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · fi absolutiivi (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · cmn 通格 (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · ka წრფელობითი (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · hu absolutivus (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · cmn 絕對格 /绝对格 (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · es caso absolutivo (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · pl absolutyw (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · id absolutivus (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · la casus absolutivus (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · de Absolutiv (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · pt caso absolutivo (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · ja 絶対格 (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · zza halo raşt (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · fr absolutif (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · nl absolutief (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · ru абсолю́тный паде́ж (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · ko 절대격 (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · ru абсолюти́в (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) · it caso assolutivo (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action)