ergative English

Meaning ergative meaning

What does ergative mean?

ergative adjective

— (grammar) Used of various situations where the subjects of transitive constructions have different grammatical cases or thematic relations to those of intransitive constructions.

ergative noun

— (linguistics) The ergative case.

— (linguistics) An ergative verb or other expression.

Synonyms ergative synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as ergative?

ergative English » English

instrumental

ergative case