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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'ergative case' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions ergative case noun  (grammar): case used to indicate the agent of a verb. The ergative case is used to mark the subject of a transitive verb, while the subject of an intransitive verb is put in the absolutive case. Some languages that employ the ergative case include Basque, Chechen, Dyirbal, Georgian, Hindi, Inuktitut, Samoan, Tibetan, and Yup'ik. Translations:  Dutch: ergatief French: cas ergatif German: Ergativ Italian: caso ergativo Spanish: caso ergativo        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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