Dictionary Definition
accusative adj
1 containing or expressing accusation; "an
accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes
and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare" [syn:
accusatory, accusing, accusive]
2 serving as or indicating the object of a verb
or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes;
"objective case"; "accusative endings" [syn: objective] n : the category of
nouns serving as the direct object of a verb [syn: accusative
case, objective
case]
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English
Etymology
From French adjective accusatif, from Latin accusativus, from perfect passive participle accusatus, from verb accusare, + adjective suffix -ivus. See accuse.Pronunciation
Adjective
accusative- Producing accusations; accusatory; accusatorial; a manner that
reflects a finding of fault or blame
- Quotations
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- This hath been a very accusative age — Sir E. Dering
- : 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. In German the case used for direct objects.
Translations
producing accusations; accusatory
- Icelandic: ásaka
accusative case
- Greek: αιτιατική (aitiatikí)
- Icelandic: þolfall
- Swedish: ackusativ (2)
unsorted
- Bulgarian: винителен (vinítelen)
- Dutch: beschuldigend
- French: accusatif
- German: Akkusativ-
- Hebrew: יחס הפעול (yakhas ha-pa’ul)
- Hungarian: tárgy
- Interlingua: accusative
- Italian: accusativo
- Latin: accusativus
- Portuguese: acusativo
- Russian: винительный (vinítel’nyj)
- Spanish: acusativo
- Swedish: ackusativ
Noun
accusative- : The accusative case.
Translations
accusative case
- Ancient Greek: (aitiatikí ptósis)
- Bulgarian: винителен падеж (vinítelen padéž)
- Czech: čtvrtý pád
- Dutch: accusatief , vierde naamval , lijdend voorwerp
- Esperanto: akuzativo
- Finnish: akkusatiivi
- French: accusatif
- German: Akkusativ, Wenfall
- Greek: αιτιατική
- Hebrew: יחס הפעול (yakhas ha-pa’ul)
- Hungarian: tárgy eset
- Icelandic: þolfall
- Interlingua: accusativo
- Italian: accusativo
- Latin: casus accusativus
- Lithuanian: galininkas
- Polish: biernik
- Portuguese: acusativo
- Romanian: acuzativ , caz acuzativ
- Russian: винительный падеж (vinítel’nyj padéž)
- Slovene: tožilnik
- Spanish: acusativo , complemento directo
- Swedish: ackusativ
French
Adjective
- Form of feminine, accusatif
Extensive Definition
The term accusative may be used in the following
contexts:
- A form of morphosyntactic alignment, as found in nominative-accusative languages.
- The accusative case, which is a grammatical case found in nominative-accusative languages that employ explicit morphology to mark direct objects, such as Latin and German.