absolutive

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăbsəlo͞o'tĭv, IPA^(key): /ˌæbsəˈluːtɪv/

Adjective

absolutive (not comparable)

2. (grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
3. (rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
   • 1986, Young Yun Kim, Interethnic communication: current research, Sage Publications, Inc:

     (1) Absolution: The speaker says the act was not what was understood, and that it did not occur as charged anyway. [...] His repeated denials should be viewed as an absolutive strategy in which the facts themselves are disputed, [...]

   • 1991, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Spiritual Intimacy: A Study of Counseling in Hasidism, Jason Aronson:

     [...], the forgiving process is easier because the full cathartic effect, in all its absolutive power, comes into play after a heightened awareness of sinfulness.

   • 1992, Beth Ingold, Essays in presidential rhetoric (Kendall Hunt Pub Co):

     The absolutive appeal is exemplified in two Nixon statements. […] Absolution is a posture designed to clear fully the accused party from any hint of wrongdoing. […]

Derived terms

• absolutival
• absolutive case
• ergative-absolutive

 

Translations

grammatical case

• Basque: absolutibo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通格 (tōnggé), 绝对格 (Juéduìgé)

• Dutch: absolutief (nl)
• Esperanto: absolutivo
• French: absolutif (fr)
• Japanese: 絶対格 (zettaikaku)
• Polish: absolutywny

Noun

absolutive (plural absolutives)

2. (grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.
4. (grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.