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absolutive

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ab⋅so⋅lu⋅tive

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–adjective
1. noting or pertaining to the grammatical case or inflectional form of the subject of an intransitive verb and the direct object of a transitive verb in an ergative language such as Inuit.
–noun
2. an absolutive form of a word in an ergative language.
3. the absolutive case.
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ab·so·lu·tive   (āb'sə-lōō'tĭv)   
adj.  Of or relating to the grammatical case in ergative languages of the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb.
n.  

  1. The absolutive case.

  2. An absolutive inflection.

  3. A nominal having an absolutive form.

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