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Ergative Definition

ergative

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English

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Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergatēs, “worker”), from ἔργον (ergon, “work”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ergative (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Used of various situations where the subject of transitive constructions have different grammatical cases or thematic relations to those of intransitive constructions.
    The case systems of ergative languages are counterintuitive to speakers of Indo-European languages.

Derived terms

Noun

ergative (plural ergatives)

  1. (linguistics) the ergative case
  2. (linguistics) an ergative verb or other expression

Italian

Adjective

ergative f.

  1. feminine plural form of ergativo

 

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