ergative case

English

Noun

ergative case (usually uncountable, plural ergative cases)

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

Related terms

absolutive case

Translations

case used to indicate the agent of a verb

Basque: nork
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chechen: дийриг дожар (dīrig dožar)
Danish: relativ, ergativ
Dutch: ergatief (nl) m
Esperanto: ergativo
Finnish: ergatiivi (fi)
French: ergatif (fr) 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
Novial: ergative
Portuguese: caso ergativo m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: эргати́в (ru) m (ergatív), эргати́вный паде́ж 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

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