English Explanatory Dictionary

absolutive case

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

absolutive case absolutive cases

Related words

ergative case
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