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), 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)
• Catalan: cas nominatiu 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

• 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)
• Kashubian: nominatiw (csb) m, nazéwôcz (csb) m
• Korean: 주격 (ko) (主格, ju-gyeok)
• Latin: casus nominativus m, nominativus m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: nominatīvs (lv) m
• Lithuanian: vardininkas (lt) m
• Malay: kes nominatif
• Mongolian: нэрлэх (mn) (nerlex)
• Northern Sami: nominatiiva
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nominativ (no)

  Nynorsk: nominativ (nn)

• Novial:
• Old English: nemniġendlīċ fiell m
• 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, 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
• Volapük: kimfal, nominatif (vo)
• Welsh: goddrychol (cy)
• Zazaki: halo raşt

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} حَالَة الرَّفْع f (ḥālat ar-rafʿ)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• Thesaurus:grammatical case