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Absolutive case
Meaning
Noun
●
In Grammatical cases:
case used to
indicate
the
patient
or
experiencer
of a
verb
’s
action
. The
absolutive case
is used to
mark
the
subject
of an
intransitive verb
, as well as the
object
of a
transitive verb
(
inasmuch as
they are
codified
in the English nominative-accusative system). Some
languages
that
employ
the
absolutive case
include Abkhaz, Basque, Chechen, Dyirbal, Hindi, Inuktitut, Hiligaynon, and Yup'ik.
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