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ab·so·lu·tive case

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  1. absolutive casenoun

    case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb's action. The absolutive case is used to mark the subject of an intransitive verb, as well as the object of a transitive verb (inasmuch as they are codified in the English nominative-accusative system). Some languages that employ the absolutive case include Abkhaz, Basque, Chechen, Dyirbal, Hindi, Inuktitut, Navajo, Hiligaynon, and Yup'ik.

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  1. Absolutive case

    The absolutive case is the unmarked grammatical case of a core argument of a verb which is used as the citation form of a noun.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of absolutive case in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of absolutive case in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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