ergative
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergatēs, “worker”), from ἔργον (ergon, “work”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
ergative (not comparable)
- (grammar) Used of various situations where the subject 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.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Noun
ergative (plural ergatives)
- (linguistics) the ergative case
- (linguistics) an ergative verb or other expression
[edit] Translations
ergative case
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
ergative f.
- feminine plural form of ergativo
