Complete Definition of "absolutive case"

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Noun
absolutive case

#grammar: case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb�s action. The absolutive case is used to mark the subject of an intransitive verb, as well as the object of a transitive verb (inasmuch as they are codified in the English nominative-accusative system). Some languages that employ the absolutive case include Abkhaz, Basque, Chechen, Dyirbal, Hindi, Inuktitut, Navajo, and Yup'ik.

Translations

Dutch: absolutief m
Finnish: absolutiivi
French: absolutif m
German: Absolutiv m
Hungarian: absolutivus
Indonesian: absolutivus
Italian: caso assolutivo m
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Japanese: 絶対格 (������, zettaikakú)
Latin: casus absolutivus m
Novial: absolutive
Portuguese: caso absolutivo m
Russian: аб�ол��н�й падеж (absoljútnyj padéž) m
Spanish: caso absolutivo m

Related terms
ergative case

See also
Appendix:Grammatical cases
w:Ergative-absolutive_language|Wikipedia article on Ergative-absolutive languages
w:Nominative-absolutive_language|Wikipedia article on Nominative-absolutive languages

fr:absolutive case

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