ergative
Meanings
Plural: ergatives
Adj
- With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction.
Noun
- Ellipsis of ergative case (“a grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages”).
- An ergative verb or other expression.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐργᾰ́της (ergắtēs, “labourer, worker”) + English -ive (suffix meaning ‘belong or relating to; of the nature of; serving to; tending to’ forming adjectives).
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Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 14
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