单词 | ergative |
释义 | er·ga·tive ![]() adj. 1. Of or relating to a language, such as Georgian, in which the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb are expressed by one grammatical case, and the subject of a transitive verb is expressed by another. 2. Of or relating to the grammatical case of the subject of a transitive verb in such a language. n. 1. The ergative case. 2. An ergative inflection. 3. A nominal having an ergative form. [From Greek ergatēs, worker, from ergon, work; see werg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] er′ga·tivi·ty n. |
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