What does "accusative" mean?
The accusative case.
Accusative
/əˈkjuzətɪv/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The accusative case.
- Grammar: accusative is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: a., acc., accusative alignment, accusative case.
- Useful contrasts: instrumental, dative, datives.
- Usage evidence: Tired of being the subject of accusations from Tom, Mary fled to France, whose language has no accusative case.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The accusative case.
- 2 the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb wordnet
- 3 A word inflected in the accusative case.
"65 mošu tat̰ ās nōit̮ darəγəm yat̰ . . ‘quickly it (tat̰) happened, it (was) not long till . . . — drūm avantəm airištəm: according to Bartholomae IF. 12. 146 the author of this part was led to use accusatives here (instead of nominatives) by the preceding sentence yezi ǰum frapayeni."
Adjective
- 1 Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
"This hath been a very accusative age."
- 2 Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
Adjective
- 1 containing or expressing accusation wordnet
- 2 serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes wordnet
Synonyms
All synonyms a.acc.accusative alignmentaccusative caseaccusative formaccusative language
Antonyms
Example
"Tired of being the subject of accusations from Tom, Mary fled to France, whose language has no accusative case."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "accusative"?
Common synonyms include: a., acc., accusative alignment, accusative case, accusative form, accusative language.
How do you use "accusative" in a sentence?
Tired of being the subject of accusations from Tom, Mary fled to France, whose language has no accusative case.
How do you pronounce "accusative"?
Pronounced /əˈkjuzətɪv/.
Etymology
First attested in the mid 15th century. From Middle English accusative, from Anglo-Norman accusatif or Middle French acusatif or from Latin accūsātīvus (“having been blamed”), from accūsō (“to blame”). Equivalent to accuse + -ative. The Latin form is a mistranslation of the Ancient Greek grammatical term αἰτιᾱτική (aitiātikḗ, “expressing an effect”). This term actually comes from αἰτιᾱτός (aitiātós, “caused”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix), but was reanalyzed as coming from αἰτιᾱ- (aitiā-), the stem of the verb αἰτιάομαι (aitiáomai, “to blame”), + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, verbal adjective suffix).