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Definition of Absolutive
1. Adjective. (grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Absolutive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolutive
Literary usage of Absolutive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1889)
"Some of the terminations of the absolutive are also used to form the infinitive,
on account of the prevailing confusion between the two. ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Language by Leonard Bloomfield (1914)
"For the second of the objects affected, however, and most commonly also for the
first, one adds specific mention of the object in an absolutive form: ..."
3. Lessons in Pahlavi-Pazend. by Shahriyarjī Dādābhāī Bharuchī, Ervad Sheriarji Dadabhai Bharucha (1908)
"65 absolutive é 65 Infinitive 65 Preterite . ... 68 Pluperfect 70 absolutive 71 §
33. ii. Defective and Impersonal Verbs (<--»; lj J <*» i )... 71 § 34. in. ..."
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