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ergative cases

ergative cases is the plural of ergative case.

Meaning of ergative case

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

Questions about ergative cases

What is ergative cases the plural of?
Ergative cases is the plural of ergative case.

Words near ergative cases in the dictionary

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

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