nominative case

See also: nominative-case

English

Noun

nominative case (plural nominative cases)

(grammar) The case used to indicate the subject—or agent—of a finite verb.
(obsolete, grammar) The subject of a verb.
- 1763, Robert Lowth, A Short Introduction to English Grammar, page 133
  Every Verb, except in the Infinitive or the Participle, hath its Nominative Caſe, either expreſſed or implied [4]: as,
  "Awake, ariſe, or be for ever fall'n: that is, "Awake ye, &c."

Synonyms

subjective case

Translations

case used to indicate the subject

Albanian: emërore (sq) f
Arabic: حَالَة اَلرَّفْع‎ f (ḥālat ar-rafʿ), مَرْفُوع‎ m (marfūʿ)
Armenian: ուղղական հոլով (ułłakan holov), ուղղական (hy) (ułłakan)
Belarusian: назо́ўны склон m (nazóŭny sklon)
Bulgarian: имени́телен паде́ж m (imenítelen padéž)
Catalan: cas nominatiu m
Chechen: цӏерниг дожар (c̣ernig dožar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 主格 (zh) (zhǔgé)
Czech: nominativ (cs) m, první pád m
Danish: nominativ (da)
Dutch: eerste naamval (nl) m, nominatief (nl) m
Erzya: лемдиця (lemdicja)
Estonian: nimetav kääne (et), nominatiiv (et)
Faroese: hvørfall (fo) n
Finnish: nominatiivi (fi), nimentö (fi)
French: nominatif (fr) m
Old French: nominatif case m, nominatif m
Georgian: სახელობითი (ka) (saxelobiti), სახელობითი ბრუნვა (ka) (saxelobiti brunva)
German: Nominativ (de) m, Werfall (de) m, Wer-Fall (de) m
Greek: ονομαστική (el) f (onomastikí)
Ancient: ὀνομαστική f (onomastikḗ)
Hebrew: נושא‎ (he) m (nosé)
Hungarian: alanyeset (hu)
Icelandic: nefnifall (is) n
Irish: ainmneach (ga) m
Old Irish: ainmmnid m
Italian: nominativo (it) m
Japanese: 主格 (ja) (しゅかく, shukaku)
Kalmyk: нерәдгч киисквр (nerädgç kiiskvr)
Korean: 주격 (ko) (主格, ju-gyeok)
Latin: casus nominativus m

Latvian: nominatīvs (lv) m
Lithuanian: vardininkas (lt) m
Malay: kes nominatif
Mongolian: нэрлэх (mn) (nerleh)
Northern Sami: nominatiiva
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nominativ (no)
Nynorsk: nominativ (nn)
Novial: nominative
Old English: nemniġendlīċ fiell m
Persian: حالت نهادی‎ (hâlat-e nahâdi)
Polish: mianownik (pl) m inan
Portuguese: caso nominativo m, nominativo (pt) m
Romanian: caz nominativ n, nominativ (ro) n
Russian: имени́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (imenítelʹnyj padéž)
Rusyn: номінатів m (nominativ)
Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal ainmneach m, ainmneach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: но̏минатӣв m, пр̀ви па́деж m
Roman: nȍminatīv (sh) m, pr̀vi pádež m
Slovak: prvý pád m, nominatív (sk) m
Slovene: imenovalnik (sl) m
Spanish: caso nominativo m
Swedish: nominativ (sv) c
Telugu: ప్రథమా విభక్తి (te) (prathamā vibhakti)
Thai: กรรตุการก (th) (kadtukaarok)
Turkish: yalın hâl (tr), ismin yalın hâli
Ukrainian: називний (uk) m (nazyvnyj)
Uyghur: باش كېلىش‎ (bash këlish)
Vietnamese: nguyên cách, danh cách, cách tên
Volapük: kimfal, nominatif (vo)
Zazaki: halo raşt

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} حَالَة الرَّفْع‎ f (ḥālat ar-rafʿ)