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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch naamval.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaːm.fɑl/
- Hyphenation: naam‧val
Noun
naamval (plural naamvalle)
- (grammar) grammatical case
- Synonyms: kasus, casus
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
From naam (“name, noun, nominal”) + val (“case”), calque of Latin cāsus nōminis. The oldest terms were val and geval, translating Latin casus (“case”), but the grammatical meaning of those words is now obsolete. Naam in the sense “noun” is also obsolete now.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaːm.vɑl/
- Hyphenation: naam‧val
Noun
naamval m (plural naamvallen, diminutive naamvalletje n)
- (grammar) case
- Synonym: casus
Derived terms
See also
Cases in the Indo-European languages: