nominative case (plural nominative cases )
( grammar ) The case used to indicate the subject —or agent —of a finite verb .
( 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."
case used to indicate the subject
Afrikaans: nominatief (af) , eerste naamval (af)
Albanian: emërore (sq) f
Arabic: حَالَةْ اَلرَّفْع f ( ḥālat ar-rafʕ ) , مَرْفُوع m ( marfūʕ )
Armenian: ուղղական հոլով ( uġġakan holov ) , ուղղական (hy) ( uġġakan )
Asturian: nominativu m
Belarusian: назо́ўны склон m ( nazóŭny sklon )
Bulgarian: имени́телен паде́ж m ( imenítelen padéž )
Carpathian Rusyn: номінатів m ( nominativ )
Catalan: cas nominatiu m , nominatiu (ca) m
Chechen: цӏерниг дожар ( cʼernig 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 ( ľemďića )
Esperanto: nominativo (eo)
Estonian: nimetav kääne (et) , nominatiiv (et)
Faroese: hvørfall (fo) n
Finnish: nominatiivi (fi) , nimentö (fi)
French: nominatif (fr) m
Old French: nominatif case m , nominatif m
Galician: nominativo (gl) m
Georgian: სახელობითი (ka) ( saxelobiti ) , სახელობითი ბრუნვა (ka) ( saxelobiti brunva ) , ნომინატივი ( nominaṭivi )
German: Nominativ (de) m , Werfall (de) m , Wer-Fall (de) m
Greek: ονομαστική (el) f ( onomastikí )
Ancient Greek: πτῶσις ὀνομαστική f ( ptôsis onomastikḗ ) , ὀνομαστική f ( onomastikḗ ) , εὐθεῖα πτῶσις f ( eutheîa ptôsis ) , εὐθεῖα f ( eutheîa )
Hebrew: נושא (he) m ( nosé )
Hungarian: alanyeset (hu)
Icelandic: nefnifall (is) n
Ingrian: nominativa
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 )
Kashubian: nominatiw (csb) m , nazéwôcz (csb) m
Korean: 주격(主格) (ko) ( jugyeok )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: rewşa navkî
Kyrgyz: атооч жөндөмө ( atooc jöndömö )
Latin: cāsus nōminātīvus m , nōminātīvus m , cāsus rēctus m
Latvian: nominatīvs (lv) m
Lithuanian: vardininkas (lt) m
Malay: kes nominatif
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: нэрлэхийн тийн ялгал ( nerlexiin tiin jalgal ) , нэрлэх (mn) ( nerlex )
Mongolian: ᠨᠡᠷᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠲᠡᠶᠢᠨ ᠢᠯᠭᠠᠯ ( nerelekü-yin teyin ilɣal ) , ᠨᠡᠷᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ ( nerelekü )
Northern Sami: nominatiiva
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nominativ (no) m
Nynorsk: nominativ (nn) m , nemnefall n
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 )
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 , nominativo (es) m
Swedish: nominativ (sv) c
Telugu: ప్రథమా విభక్తి (te) ( prathamā vibhakti )
Thai: กรรตุการก (th) ( gà-dtù-gaa-rók )
Turkish: yalın hâl (tr) , ismin yalın hâli
Ukrainian: називний (uk) m ( nazyvnyj )
Uyghur: باش كېلىش ( bash këlish )
Vietnamese: nguyên cách , danh cách , cách tên , chủ cách
Volapük: kimfal , nominatif (vo)
Welsh: goddrychol (cy)
Zazaki: halo raşt