accusative
English
/əˈkjuːzətɪv/, /əˈkjuzətɪv/
adj
Definitions
- Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
- (grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate direct 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English accusative borrowed from accusatif borrowed from Middle French acusatif derived from Latin accūsātīvus (having been blamed) suffix from English accuse (blame) affix from Ancient Greek αἰτιᾱτός (caused).
Origin
Ancient Greek
αἰτιᾱτός
Gloss
caused
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accusable English
- accusal English
- accusatively English
- accusativeness English
- accusativity English
- accusatory English
- accuse English
- accused English
- accusee English
- accusement English
- accuser English
- accusest English
- accuseth English
- accusive English
- accusor English
- counteraccuse English
- misaccuse English
- nominoaccusative English
- nonaccusative English
- reaccuse English
- unaccusative English
- unaccusatively English
- unaccusativity English
- accūsātīvus Latin
- accusatief Dutch, Flemish
- accusativus Dutch, Flemish
- αἰτιᾱτός Ancient Greek
- accusative Middle English
- acusen Middle English
- akuzatīvs Latvian
- akuzativ Albanian
- acusatif Middle French
- accusatif xno