💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ergative case"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ergative | (grammar) With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction. |
| genitive-accusativenoun | (linguistics) The use of genitive as a case of the grammatical object; exists at least in several Slavic and Finnic languages. |
| genitive absolutenoun | (grammar) an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the genitive case; present in many Indo-European languages, such as: |
| genitivenoun | (countable) A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession. |
| genetivenoun | Archaic spelling of genitive. [(countable) A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession.] |
| gen.noun | (title) Abbreviation of General (military rank). |
| gerundnoun | (grammar) A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language) |
| generative grammarnoun | (linguistics, countable) A system of rules that can generate all and only those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language. |
| g-formnoun | The base form of a verb (as opposed to its extended verb forms), particularly in the Semitic languages |
| grammaticationnoun | (obsolete) A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule. |
| gerund-participlenoun | (grammar) The form of an English verb that ends in -ing and can function as a noun, an adjective, or a progressive verb. |
| gerundivenoun | (in Latin grammar) A verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle. |
| greeknoun | The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek. |
| common gendernoun | (grammar) In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine. |
| generantnoun | Something or someone that generates; a generator. |
| grammatisticnoun | (obsolete) Grammar. |
| gram.noun | Abbreviation of grammar. [(countable and uncountable, linguistics) A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.] |
| grammatical gendernoun | (grammar) The grammatically prescribed gender of a noun, which does not necessarily correspond with the referent’s attributes such as biological sex. |
| gendernoun | Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.) |
| grammaresenoun | (rare) The technical jargon associated with grammar. |
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