accusative

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈkjuːzətɪv/ (US) enPR: əkū'zətĭv, IPA(key): /əˈkjuzətɪv/ Hyphenation: ac‧cusa‧tive === Adjective === accusative (comparative more accusative, superlative most accusative) Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame Synonyms: accusatory, accusatorial (grammar) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === accusative (plural accusatives) (grammar) The accusative case. (grammar) A word inflected in the accusative case. ==== Synonyms ==== (accusative case): acc., A. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === accusative feminine singular of accusatif == Latin == === Noun === accūsātīve vocative singular of accūsātīvus