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direct cases

direct cases is the plural of direct case.

Meaning of direct case

Noun

direct case (plural direct cases)

  1. A noun case which covers the nominative and possibly other cases such as vocative and/or accusative (the precise definition depends on the case system in question; the term is used especially in simple systems with two or three cases)
    • 19. Cases of Nouns are six: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Vocative, and Ablative. As in the Latin and Greek languages, these cases are derived from the Nominative by certain rules of inflection; the Nominative being the root of all the other cases, is termed the direct case, the others...1817, Peter Edmund Laurent, An introduction to the study of German grammar; with practical exercises., London, page 13
  2. (obsolete) A synonym for the nominative case, based on the definition by Peter Edmund Laurent https://books.google.ca/books?id=66NWAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=direct&f=false

Questions about direct cases

What is direct cases the plural of?
Direct cases is the plural of direct case.

Words near direct cases in the dictionary

  1. direct broadcast satellite
  2. direct broadcast satellites
  3. direct buffer
  4. direct buffers
  5. direct case
  6. direct cases
  7. direct cinema
  8. direct client contact
  9. direct client contacts
  10. direct cost
  11. direct costs

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