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absolutive case

absolutive case noun: 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.

Noun

absolutive case (plural absolutive cases)

  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.

absolutive case meaning in Indonesian

absolutive case in Indonesian

case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action
absolutivus

Forms of absolutive case

pluralabsolutive cases

Questions about absolutive case

What does absolutive case mean?
Absolutive case means 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.
What is absolutive case in Indonesian?
Absolutive case in Indonesian is absolutivus. See Absolutive case meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is absolutive case?
Absolutive case is a noun.
What is the plural of absolutive case?
The plural of absolutive case is absolutive cases.

Words near absolutive case in the dictionary

  1. absolutistic
  2. absolutistically
  3. absolutists
  4. absolutival
  5. absolutive
  6. absolutive case
  7. absolutive cases
  8. absolutively
  9. absolutives
  10. absolutivity
  11. absolutizable

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