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ergative case

ergative case noun: a grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages.

Noun

ergative case (usually uncountable, plural ergative cases)

  1. (usually) A grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages.
    Synonyms:
    ergative

Synonyms of ergative case

Forms of ergative case

pluralergative cases

Questions about ergative case

What does ergative case mean?
Ergative case means a grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages.
What part of speech is ergative case?
Ergative case is a noun.
What is the plural of ergative case?
The plural of ergative case is ergative cases.

Words near ergative case in the dictionary

  1. ergataners
  2. ergate
  3. ergates
  4. ergatival
  5. ergative
  6. ergative case
  7. ergative cases
  8. ergative verb
  9. ergative verbs
  10. ergative-absolutive
  11. ergatively

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