absolutive case

absolutive case

English

Noun

absolutive case (plural absolutive cases)

1. (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, Hiligaynon, and Yup'ik.

Translations

case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action

Chinese: Mandarin: 通格 (tōnggé), 絕對格／绝对格 (juéduìgé) Dutch: absolutief (nl) m Finnish: absolutiivi (fi) French: absolutif (fr) m Georgian: წრფელობითი (c̣rpelobiti) German: Absolutiv (de) m Hungarian: absolutivus Indonesian: absolutivus Italian: caso assolutivo m Japanese: 絶対格 (ぜったいかく, zettaikaku) Korean: 절대격 (jeoldaegyeok) Latin: casus absolutivus m Polish: absolutyw m Portuguese: caso absolutivo m Russian: абсолю́тный паде́ж (ru) m (absoljútnyj padéž) Spanish: caso absolutivo m Zazaki: halo raşt

See also

• ergative case
• Appendix:Grammatical cases
• Wikipedia article on Ergative-absolutive languages
• Wikipedia article on Nominative-absolutive languages