ergative

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From the Greek, ergatēs, worker - deriving from ergon, meaning work.

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ergative (not comparable)

1. (grammar) of a verb which is an ergative verb
2. (grammar) of a language in which the subject of a transitive verb has a different case to the subject of an intransitive verb
3. (grammar) of, or relating to the case of the subject of a transitive verb in such a language

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ergative (plural ergatives)

1. the ergative case
2. an ergative verb or other expression