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A mode of inflection of a word dependent on its use, especially on its syntactic function in a phrase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- The grammatical cases nominative and accusative are used for subject resp. direct object in many languages, including Latin.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: case
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grammatical category, syntactic category
Narrower terms: nominative, nominative case, subject case, oblique, oblique case
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
naamval
— mode of inflection of a word
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Afrikaans:
kasus
— mode of inflection of a word
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Afrikaans:
casus
— mode of inflection of a word
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Arabic:
حَالَة
(ḥāla)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Armenian:
հոլով
(holov)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Azerbaijani:
hal
— mode of inflection of a word
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Bashkir:
килеш
(kileş)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Belarusian:
склон
(sklon)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Bulgarian:
паде́ж
(padéž)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Catalan:
cas
— mode of inflection of a word
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Catalan:
cas gramatical
— mode of inflection of a word
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Chinese Mandarin:
格
(gé)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Crimean Tatar:
keliş
— mode of inflection of a word
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Czech:
pád
— mode of inflection of a word
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Danish:
fald
— mode of inflection of a word
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Danish:
kasus
— mode of inflection of a word
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Dutch:
naamval
— mode of inflection of a word
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Dutch:
casus
— mode of inflection of a word
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Erzya:
валпрамо
(valpramo)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Erzya:
пайма
(pajma)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Esperanto:
kazo
— mode of inflection of a word
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Estonian:
kääne
— mode of inflection of a word
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Estonian:
käänded
— mode of inflection of a word
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Faroese:
fall
— mode of inflection of a word
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Finnish:
sijamuoto
— mode of inflection of a word
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Finnish:
sija
— mode of inflection of a word
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French:
cas
— mode of inflection of a word
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French:
cas grammatical
— mode of inflection of a word
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Old French:
case
— mode of inflection of a word
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West-Frisian:
fal
— mode of inflection of a word
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Galician:
caso
— mode of inflection of a word
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Georgian:
ბრუნვა
(brunva)
— mode of inflection of a word
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German:
Fall
— mode of inflection of a word
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German:
Kasus
— mode of inflection of a word
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Middle High German:
val
— mode of inflection of a word
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Greek:
πτώση
(ptósi)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Ancient Greek:
πτῶσις
(ptôsis)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Hebrew:
יַחֲסָה
(yakhasah)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Hindi:
कारक
(kārak)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Hungarian:
eset
— mode of inflection of a word
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Hungarian:
nyelvtani eset
— mode of inflection of a word
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Icelandic:
fall
— mode of inflection of a word
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Ido:
kazo
— mode of inflection of a word
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Ingrian:
painutossiha
— mode of inflection of a word
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Ingrian:
padeža
— mode of inflection of a word
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Irish:
tuiseal
— mode of inflection of a word
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Italian:
caso
— mode of inflection of a word
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Japanese:
格
(kaku)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Kazakh:
септік
(septık)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Korean:
격
(gyeok)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Kumyk:
гелиш
(geliş)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Kyrgyz:
жөндөмө
(jöndömö)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Latin:
cāsus
— mode of inflection of a word
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Latvian:
locījums
— mode of inflection of a word
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Lithuanian:
linksnis
— mode of inflection of a word
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Macedonian:
падеж
(padež)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Malagasy:
tranga
— mode of inflection of a word
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Malay:
kasus tatabahasa
— mode of inflection of a word
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Malayalam:
വിഭക്തി
(vibhakti)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Middle English:
case
— mode of inflection of a word
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Mongolian:
тийн ялгал
(tiin jalgal)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Mongolian:
ᠲᠡᠶᠢᠨ ᠢᠯᠭᠠᠯ
(teyin ilɣal)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Norwegian:
kasus
— mode of inflection of a word
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Old English:
fiell
— mode of inflection of a word
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Old English:
hryre
— mode of inflection of a word
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Old English:
ġebīegednes
— mode of inflection of a word
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Polish:
przypadek
— mode of inflection of a word
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Portuguese:
caso
— mode of inflection of a word
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Punjabi:
ਕਾਰਕ
(kārak)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Romanian:
caz
— mode of inflection of a word
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Russian:
паде́ж
(padéž)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Sanskrit:
विभक्ति
(vibhakti)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Scottish Gaelic:
tuiseal
— mode of inflection of a word
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Serbo-Croatian:
падеж
— mode of inflection of a word
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Serbo-Croatian:
padež
— mode of inflection of a word
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Shor:
келиш
(keliş)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Slovak:
pád
— mode of inflection of a word
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Slovene:
sklon
— mode of inflection of a word
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Spanish:
caso
— mode of inflection of a word
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Swedish:
kasus
— mode of inflection of a word
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Tatar:
килеш
(kileş)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Telugu:
విభక్తి
(vibhakti)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Thai:
การก
(karok)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Turkish:
hâl
— mode of inflection of a word
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Ukrainian:
відмі́нок
(vidmínok)
— mode of inflection of a word
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Vietnamese:
cách
— mode of inflection of a word
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Volapük:
deklinafom
— mode of inflection of a word
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Welsh:
cyflwr
— mode of inflection of a word
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West Frisian:
namfal
— mode of inflection of a word
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West Frisian:
fal
— mode of inflection of a word
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Yiddish:
קאַזוס
(kazus)
— mode of inflection of a word