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accusative

 
Dictionary: ac·cu·sa·tive
(ə-kyū'zə-tĭv) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case that is the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.
  2. Accusatory.
n.
  1. The accusative case.
  2. A word or form in the accusative case.

[Middle English acusatif, from Old French, from Latin (cāsus) accūsātīvus, (case) of accusation (mistranslation of Greek aitiātikē (ptōsis), causal (case), (case) indicating the thing caused by the verb , from aitiā, cause, also accusation, charge), from accūsātus, past participle of accūsāre, to accuse. See accuse.]

accusatively ac·cu'sa·tive·ly adv.

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Columbia Encyclopedia: accusative
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accusative (əkyū'zətĭv') [Lat.,=accusing], in grammar of some languages, such as Latin, the case typically meaning that the noun refers to the entity directly affected by an action. The term is used for similar, but often not identical, features in the grammar of other languages. Thus in the English sentence "He helped him," him is in the accusative (or, as it is sometimes called, objective) case, he in the nominative.


WordNet: accusative
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
  Synonyms: accusative case, objective case


The adjective accusative has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: containing or expressing accusation
  Synonyms: accusatory, accusing, accusive

Meaning #2: (grammar) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
  Synonym: objective
  Pertains to noun: accusative case (meaning #1)


Translations: Accusative
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ejefalds-, akkusativ-, genstandsfalds-
n. - akkusativ, ejefald

idioms:

  • accusative case    akkusativ, ejefald, genstandsfald

Nederlands (Dutch)
vierde naamval, accusatief (taalkunde)

Français (French)
adj. - accusatif
n. - accusatif

idioms:

  • accusative case    (Ling) cas accusatif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - akkusativisch, anklagend
n. - Akkusativ, vierter Fall, Wenfall

idioms:

  • accusative case    Akkusativ, vierter Fall, Wenfall

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γραμμ.) αιτιατική (πτώση)

idioms:

  • accusative case    (γραμμ.) αιτιατική (πτώση)

Italiano (Italian)
accusativo

idioms:

  • accusative case    accusativo (gramm.)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - acusativo (m), palavra (f) usada como complemento direto (Gram.)

idioms:

  • accusative case    caso (m) acusativo (Gram.)

Русский (Russian)
винительный

idioms:

  • accusative case    винительный падеж

Español (Spanish)
adj. - del acusativo
n. - acusativo

idioms:

  • accusative case    caso acusativo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ackusativ

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
直接受格的, 受格

idioms:

  • accusative case    直接宾语, 宾格

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 直接受格的
n. - 受格

idioms:

  • accusative case    直接受詞, 受格

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대격의, 직접목적격의
n. - 대격, 직접목적격

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 対格
adj. - 対格の

idioms:

  • accusative case    対格

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عرضه للإتهام, متهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של יחסת המושא‬
n. - ‮יחסת המושא, יחסת את, יחסת הפעול, אקוזטיב (בדקדוק)‬


 
 
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