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Accusative

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Etymology

From French adjective accusatif , from Latin accusativus , from perfect passive participle accusatus , from verb accusare, + adjective suffix -ivus. See Accuse

Adjective

accusative

  1. Producing accusations; accusatory; a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
    Quotations
    • This hath been a very accusative age — Sir E. Dering
  2. (Grammar): Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin 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.

Translations

  • Bulgarian: винителен (vinítelen)
  • Dutch: beschuldigend
  • French: accusatif m
  • German: Akkusativ -
  • Greek: αιτιατική (aitiatikí) f
  • Hebrew: יחס הפעול (yakhas ha-pa'ul) m
  • Hungarian: tárgy
  • Interlingua: accusative
  • Italian: accusativo m
  • Latin: accusativus m
  • Portuguese: acusativo m
  • Russian: винительный (vinítel'nyj) m
  • Spanish: acusativo m
  • Swedish: ackusativ (2)

Noun

accusative

  1. (Grammar): The accusative case.

Translations

  • Bulgarian: винителен падеж (vinítelen padéž) m
  • Dutch: accusatief m, vierde naamval m, lijdend voorwerp n
  • Esperanto: akuzativo
  • French: accusatif m
  • German: Akkusativ m, Wenfall m
  • Greek: αἰτιατική πτῶσις (aitiatikí ptósis) f
  • Hebrew: יחס הפעול (yakhas ha-pa'ul) m
  • Hungarian: tárgy eset
  • Interlingua: accusativo
  • Italian: accusativo m
  • Latin: casus accusativus m
  • Portuguese: acusativo m
  • Russian: винительный пaдeж (vinítel'nyj padéž) m
  • Spanish: acusativo m, complemento directo m
  • Swedish: ackusativ n



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