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grammatical cases

grammatical cases is the plural of grammatical case.

Meaning of grammatical case

Noun

grammatical case (plural grammatical cases)

  1. A mode of inflection of a word dependent on its use, especially on its syntactic function in a phrase.
    • The grammatical cases nominative and accusative are used for subject resp. direct object in many languages, including Latin.
    Synonyms:
    case

Questions about grammatical cases

What is grammatical cases the plural of?
Grammatical cases is the plural of grammatical case.

Words near grammatical cases in the dictionary

  1. grammatical alternation
  2. grammatical alternations
  3. grammatical aspect
  4. grammatical aspects
  5. grammatical case
  6. grammatical cases
  7. grammatical categories
  8. grammatical category
  9. grammatical gender
  10. grammatical genders
  11. grammatical mood

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