nominative case

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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."

Translations

case used to indicate the subject

• Arabic: حالة الرفع f (ḥālat al-ráf`), (ħáːltu r-ráfʕu) f, مرفوع m (marfū`)
• Armenian: ուղղական հոլով (ułłakan holov), ուղղական (ułłakan)
• Belarusian: назоўны склон m (nazowny sklon)
• Bulgarian: именителен падеж m (imenítelen padéž)
• Catalan: cas nominatiu m
• Chechen: цIерниг дожар (cIiernig 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
• Estonian: nimetav kääne (et), nominatiiv (et)
• Faroese: hvørfall (fo) n
• Finnish: nominatiivi (fi)
• French: nominatif (fr) m
• Georgian: სახელობითი (ka) (saxelobit’i)
• German: Nominativ (de) m, Wer-Fall (de) m
• Greek: ονομαστική (el) f (onomastikí)
• 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)

• Korean: 주격 (ko) (主格, ju-gyeok)
• Latin: casus nominativus m
• Latvian: nominatīvs (lv) m
• Lithuanian: vardininkas (lt) m
• Mongolian: нэрлэх (nerleh)
• Novial: nominative
• Old English: nemniendlic cásus
• Persian: حالت نهادی (hâlat-e nahâdi)
• Polish: mianownik (pl) m
• Portuguese: caso nominativo m, nominativo (pt) m
• Romanian: caz nominativ n, nominativ (ro) n
• Russian: именительный падеж (ru) m (imenítel’nyj padéž)
• Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal ainmneach m, ainmneach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: но̏минатӣв m, пр̀ви па́деж m

  Roman: nȍminatīv 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 (prathamā vibhakti)
• Turkish: yalın hâl (tr), ismin yalın hâli
• Ukrainian: називний (uk) m (nazyvnyj)
• Vietnamese: nguyên cách
• Volapük: kimfal, nominatif (vo)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} حَالةُ الرَّفْع f (ħáːltu r-ráfʕu)

Synonyms

• subjective case

See also

• Appendix:Grammatical cases