ergative case

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30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: nork — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Bulgarian: ергативен падеж (ergativen padež) — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Chechen: дийриг дожар (diı̇rig dožar) — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Chinese Mandarin: 作格 (zuògé) — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Danish: relativ — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Danish: ergativ — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Dutch: ergatief — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Esperanto: ergativo — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Finnish: ergatiivi — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• French: ergatif — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Galician: caso ergativo — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Georgian: მოთხრობითი (motxrobiti) — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Georgian: მოთხრობითი ბრუნვა (motxrobiti brunva) — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Georgian: ერგატივი (ergaṭivi) — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• German: Ergativ — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Hungarian: ergativus — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Italian: caso ergativo — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Japanese: 能格 (nōkaku) — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Korean: 능격 (neunggyeok) — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Latin: casus ergativus — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Polish: ergatyw — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Polish: ergativus — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Portuguese: caso ergativo — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Romanian: ergativ — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Russian: эргати́в (ergatív) — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Russian: эргати́вный паде́ж (ergatívnyj padéž) — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Spanish: caso ergativo — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Spanish: ergativo — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Turkish: eşişlevsel hal — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages
• Zazaki: halo raşt — case used to indicate the agent of a verb in ergative-absolutive languages