Accusative

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Accusative (not comparable)

Positive Accusative

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Producing accusations; accusatory; accusatorial; a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame

   • 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. In German the case used for direct objects.

Translations

producing accusations; accusatory

Dutch: beschuldigend Finnish: syyttävä fi(fi) Icelandic: ásakandi is(is) m., f., and n.

Russian: обвинительный ru(ru) (obvinítel’nyj) Spanish: acusativo es(es) m.

accusative case

Danish: genstandsled da(da) n. Dutch: accusatief nl(nl) Finnish: akkusatiivi- fi(fi) Greek: αιτιατική el(el) f. (aitiatikí) Hungarian: tárgyeset hu(hu) Icelandic: þolfalls- is(is)

Portuguese: acusativo pt(pt) m. Russian: винительный ru(ru) (vinítel’nyj) Spanish: acusativo es(es) m. Swedish: ackusativ c.(2)

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Bulgarian: винителен (vinítelen) French: accusatif fr(fr) m. German: Akkusativ- Hebrew: יחס הפעול (yakhas ha-pa’ul) m. Hungarian: tárgy hu(hu) Interlingua: accusative Italian: accusativo it(it) m. Latin: accusativus m. Portuguese: acusativo pt(pt) m. Swedish: ackusativ sv(sv) c.

Noun

Singular Accusative

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Accusative ({{{1}}})

1. (grammar): The accusative case.

Translations

accusative case

Ancient Greek: αἰτιατική πτῶσις (aitiatikí ptósis) f. Armenian: հայցական hy(hy) (hayc’akan) Bulgarian: винителен падеж (vinítelen padéž) m. Czech: čtvrtý pád cs(cs) m., akuzativ cs(cs) m. Dutch: accusatief m., vierde naamval m., lijdend voorwerp n. Esperanto: akuzativo eo(eo) Finnish: akkusatiivi fi(fi) French: accusatif fr(fr) m. German: Akkusativ de(de) m., Wenfall de(de) m. Greek: αιτιατική el(el) f. Hebrew: יחס הפעול (yakhas ha-pa’ul) m. Hungarian: tárgyeset hu(hu), akkuzatívusz hu(hu)

Icelandic: þolfall is(is) n. Interlingua: accusativo Italian: accusativo it(it) m. Latin: casus accusativus m. Lithuanian: galininkas lt(lt) m. Polish: biernik pl(pl) m. Portuguese: acusativo pt(pt) m. Romanian: acuzativ n., caz acuzativ n. Russian: винительный падеж (vinítel’nyj padéž) m. Slovene: tožilnik sl(sl) m. Spanish: acusativo m., complemento directo m. Swedish: ackusativ sv(sv) c.

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French

Adjective

Accusative f.

1. Feminine of accusatif.

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