📖 Definitions of "Ergative"
noun
- 1
The ergative case.
- 2
An ergative verb or other expression.
adjective
- 1
(grammar) Used of various situations where the subjects of transitive constructions have different grammatical cases or thematic relations to those of intransitive constructions.
"The case systems of ergative languages are counterintuitive to speakers of Indo-European languages."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ergative"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| absolutivenoun | (grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case prototypically used to indicate the sole argument of an intransitive verb, and the more patientive argument of a transitive verb. |
| postpositionnoun | (grammar) A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun. |
| ergative-absolutive | (grammar) Being or relating to a language where the single argument (subject) of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb, and differently from the agent of a transitive verb. |
| invertive | Of or relating to grammatical case in some languages that functions like the subjunctive mood. |
| accusativenoun | (grammar) The accusative case. |
| allativenoun | (grammar) The allative case, or a word in that case. |
| exessive | (grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state. |
| illative | (grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something. |
| essivenoun | (grammar) the essive case, or a word in that case. |
| genitivenoun | (countable) A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession. |
| endoactive | (grammar) Being or relating to a kind of verb where an action operates in or on the subject, similar to the middle voice. |
| inessivenoun | (grammar) The inessive case, or a word in that case. |
| genitival | (grammar) Having genitive form; pertaining to, expressing, or derived from, the genitive case. |
| ablatival | (grammar) Of or pertaining to the ablative case. |
| absolutival | (grammar) Of or relating to the absolutive grammatical case. |
| destinativenoun | (grammar) The destinative case, a case found in some languages which either marks an object or person as destined for a particular other object, person or end, or marks a destination. |
| translative | (linguistics) Of, or relating to the translative case. |
| ornative | (grammar) Belonging or relating to such a case. |
| intrative | (grammar, rare) Of or relating to a grammatical case with the sense "among" or "amidst". |
| configurationalnoun | Of or pertaining to a configuration. |
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