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ergative_case

ergative case

English

Noun

ergative case ‎(usually uncountable, plural ergative cases)

(grammar) A grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative languages.

Translations

case used to indicate the agent of a verb

Basque: nork
Bulgarian:
Chechen: дийриг дожар ‎(dīrig dožar)
Dutch: ergatief (nl) m
Esperanto: ergativo
Finnish: ergatiivi (fi)
French: ergatif (fr) m
Georgian: მოთხრობითი (ka) ‎(motxrobiti), მოთხრობითი ბრუნვა (ka) ‎(motxrobiti brunva), ერგატივი ‎(ergaṭivi)
German: Ergativ (de) m
Hungarian: ergativus

Korean: 능격 (ko) ‎(neunggyeok)
Italian: caso ergativo m
Japanese: 能格 (ja) ‎(のうかく, nōkaku)
Latin: casus ergativus m
Novial: ergative
Portuguese: caso ergativo m
Romanian:
Russian: эргати́в (ru) m ‎(ergatív), эргати́вный паде́ж m ‎(ergatívnyj padéž)
Spanish: caso ergativo m, ergativo (es) m
Turkish: eşişlevsel hal
Zazaki: halo raşt

Related terms

absolutive case

See also

Appendix:Grammatical cases
Wikipedia article on Ergative-absolutive languages