nominative case

See also: nominative-case

English

Noun

nominative case (plural nominative cases)

1. (grammar) The case used to indicate the subject—or agent—of a finite verb.
2. (obsolete, grammar) The subject of a verb.
   • 1763, Robert Lowth, A Short Introduction to English Grammar, page 133

     Every Verb, except in the Infinitive or the Participle, hath its Nominative Caſe, either expreſſed or implied [4]: as,
     "Awake, ariſe, or be for ever fall'n: that is, "Awake ye, &c."

Synonyms

• subjective case

Translations

case used to indicate the subject

• Albanian: emërore (sq) f
• Arabic: حَالَة اَلرَّفْع‏‎ f (ḥālat ar-rafʿ), [script needed] f (ħáːltu r-ráfʕu), مَرْفُوع‏‎ m (marfūʿ)
• Armenian: ուղղական հոլով (ułłakan holov), ուղղական (hy) (ułłakan)
• Belarusian: назо́ўны склон m (nazóŭny sklon)
• Bulgarian: имени́телен паде́ж m (imenítelen padéž)
• Catalan: cas nominatiu m
• Chechen: цIерниг дожар (cIernig dožar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主格 (zh) (zhǔgé)

• Czech: nominativ (cs) m, první pád m
• Danish: nominativ (da)
• Dutch: eerste naamval (nl) m, nominatief (nl) m
• Erzya: лемдиця (lemdicja)
• Estonian: nimetav kääne (et), nominatiiv (et)
• Faroese: hvørfall (fo) n
• Finnish: nominatiivi (fi)
• French: nominatif (fr) m

  Old French: nominatif case m, nominatif m

• Georgian: სახელობითი (ka) (saxelobiti), სახელობითი ბრუნვა (ka) (saxelobiti brunva)
• German: Nominativ (de) m, Werfall (de) m, Wer-Fall (de) m
• Greek: ονομαστική (el) f (onomastikí)

  Ancient: ὀνομαστική f (onomastikḗ)

• Hebrew: נושא‏‎ (he) m (nosé)
• Hungarian: alanyeset (hu)
• Icelandic: nefnifall (is) n
• Irish: ainmneach (ga) m

  Old Irish: ainmmnid m

• Italian: nominativo (it) m
• Japanese: 主格 (ja) (しゅかく, shukaku)
• Kalmyk: нерәдгч киисквр (nerädgç kiiskvr)

• Korean: 주격 (ko) (主格, ju-gyeok)
• Latin: casus nominativus m
• Latvian: nominatīvs (lv) m
• Lithuanian: vardininkas (lt) m
• Malay: kes nominatif
• Mongolian: нэрлэх (mn) (nerleh)
• Northern Sami: nominatiiva
• Novial: nominative
• Old English: nemniendlic cásus
• Persian: حالت نهادی‏‎ (hâlat-e nahâdi)
• Polish: mianownik (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: caso nominativo m, nominativo (pt) m
• Romanian: caz nominativ n, nominativ (ro) n
• Russian: имени́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (imenítelʹnyj padéž)
• Rusyn: номінатів m (nominativ)
• Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal ainmneach m, ainmneach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: но̏минатӣв m, пр̀ви па́деж m

  Roman: nȍminatīv (sh) m, pr̀vi pádež m

• Slovak: prvý pád m, nominatív (sk) m
• Slovene: imenovalnik (sl) m
• Spanish: caso nominativo m
• Swedish: nominativ (sv) c
• Telugu: ప్రథమా విభక్తి (te) (prathamā vibhakti)
• Turkish: yalın hâl (tr), ismin yalın hâli
• Ukrainian: називний (uk) m (nazyvnyj)
• Uyghur: باش كېلىش‏‎ (bash këlish)
• Vietnamese: nguyên cách
• Volapük: kimfal, nominatif (vo)
• Zazaki: halo raşt

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} حَالَة الرَّفْع‏‎ f (ḥālat ar-rafʿ)

See also

• Appendix:Grammatical cases