absolutive case

English

Noun

absolutive case (plural absolutive cases)

2. (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
• Swedish: absolutiv c
• Zazaki: halo raşt

See also

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