ergative case

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Noun

ergative case (usually uncountable, plural ergative cases)

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

   Synonym: (ellipsis) ergative

Related terms

• absolutive case

Translations

case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages

• Basque: nork
• Bulgarian: ергативен падеж (ergativen padež)
• Chechen: дийриг дожар (diı̇rig dožar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 作格 (zh) (zuògé)

• Danish: relativ, ergativ
• Dutch: ergatief (nl) m
• Esperanto: ergativo
• Finnish: ergatiivi (fi)
• French: ergatif (fr) m
• Galician: caso ergativo m
• Georgian: მოთხრობითი (ka) (motxrobiti), მოთხრობითი ბრუნვა (ka) (motxrobiti brunva), ერგატივი (ergaṭivi)
• German: Ergativ (de) m
• Hungarian: ergativus
• Italian: caso ergativo m
• Japanese: 能格 (ja) (のうかく, nōkaku)
• Korean: 능격 (ko) (neunggyeok)
• Latin: casus ergativus m
• Polish: ergatyw (pl) m, ergativus (pl) m
• Portuguese: caso ergativo m
• Romanian: ergativ n
• Russian: эргати́в (ru) m (ergatív), эргати́вный паде́ж (ru) m (ergatívnyj padéž)
• Spanish: caso ergativo m, ergativo (es) m
• Turkish: eşişlevsel hal
• Zazaki: halo raşt

See also

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