Not to be confused with direct object.
In Indo-Aryan languages as some Eastern Iranian languages, the direct case is the name given to a grammatical case used with all three core relations: the agent of transitive verbs, the patient of transitive verbs, and the agent of intransitive verbs.
Such a case may also be called the nominative case, but some linguists reserve that term for cases that cover other roles or combinations of roles.
References
- Blake, Barry J. (2001) [1994]. Case (Second edition ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 199. http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521807611.
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