ergative

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɜːɡətɪv/ (General American) enPR: ûr'gətĭv, IPA(key): /ˈɝɡətɪv/, [-ɾɪv] Hyphenation: er‧gat‧ive === Adjective === ergative (not comparable) (grammar) With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction. Synonym: elliptical Antonym: unergative ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== absolutive stative === Noun === ergative (plural ergatives) (grammar) Ellipsis of ergative case (“a grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages”). (grammar) An ergative verb or other expression. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === ergative case on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ergative (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “ergative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛʁ.ɡa.tiv/ === Adjective === ergative feminine singular of ergatif == Italian == === Adjective === ergative feminine plural of ergativo === Anagrams === vagirete