predicative case
predicative case noun: a term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative noun (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective).
Noun
predicative case (plural predicative cases)
- A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative noun (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective).
- Hjelmslev also notes that in Tabassaran, a Daghestan language of the Caucasus, a language with a very large case system (see section 5.6), there is a predicative case marked by -u-, -ä- or -ö-.2001, Barry J. Blake, Case, page 95
- The conclusion could be formulated as follows: in Common Baltic, there was probably a certain marginal use of the instrumental as a marked predicative case alongside the nominative.2004, William R. Schmalstieg, Philip Baldi, Pietro U. Dini, Studies in Baltic and Indo-European linguistics, page 88
Forms of predicative case
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Questions about predicative case
- What does predicative case mean?
- Predicative case means a term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative noun (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective).
- What part of speech is predicative case?
- Predicative case is a noun.
- What is the plural of predicative case?
- The plural of predicative case is predicative cases.
Words near predicative case in the dictionary
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