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accusative

accusative

9.2
A form of a noun or pronoun used as the direct object of a verb
  • noun
  • /əˈkjuːzətɪv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : acusativo
  • The Iliad begins the first word in the Iliad is the accusative, now main in its wrath, anger.

So minum shippa in the dative finna wagon in the accusative Eoru horse, your horses.

Examples

  • This is basically the function of the of the M on whom it makes it an accusative form.

  • Masculine accusative is 'den.'

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  • And the accusatives are Yagin, Bikin and Lelkin.

  • In Latin, the accusative case is used to indicate the direct object of a verb, such as 'I see the dog.'

  • In the sentence 'She wrote a letter,' the word 'letter' is in the accusative case.

  • When discussing grammar, identifying the accusative is crucial for understanding sentence structure.

Synonyms

objective case
vsaccusative
  • Specialized
1 7.4

The form words like him or them take when they are objects in a sentence

is limited to marking only direct objects and not objects of prepositions
accusative case
vsaccusative
  • Specialized
8.6

The form of a noun or pronoun used as the direct object of a verb

has identical meaning but is the shorter form without the word case

Compounds

accusative case
  • Specialized
8.6

The form of a noun or pronoun used as the direct object of a verb

Surface Forms

accusative singular
accusatives plural

Morphology

accusative = accuse (opaque) = accuse + ative

Although formed from 'accuse' + '-ative', the grammatical sense 'accusative' (the case) is a technical borrowing and not transparently derived from the everyday verb 'accuse' for learners.

Etymology

Accusative comes from the Latin verb accusare, which means 'to accuse' or 'to blame'. Grammarians called the case the 'accusative' because it marks the noun that the verb 'accuses', the thing that is affected by the action, so the accusative shows the direct object.