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Definition of Ergative
1. Adjective. (grammar) Used of various situations where the subject of transitive constructions have different grammatical cases or thematic relations to those of intransitive constructions. ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) the ergative case ¹
3. Noun. (linguistics) an ergative verb or other expression ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ergative
1. a type of verb [n -S] - See also: verb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ergative
Literary usage of Ergative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1898)
"(g) ergative. The ergative expresses the doing of a thing by means of, or at the
same time with, another It is shown by the suffix ia, and is translated ..."
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