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English
Pronunciation
Noun
nominative case (plural nominative cases)
- (grammar) The case used to indicate the subject—or agent—of a finite verb.
- (obsolete, grammar) The subject of a verb.
1763, Robert Lowth, A Short Introduction to English Grammar, page 133:Every Verb, except in the Infinitive or the Participle, hath its Nominative Caſe, either expreſſed or implied [4]: as,
"Awake, ariſe, or be for ever fall'n: that is, "Awake ye, &c."
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Translations
case used to indicate the subject
- Afrikaans: nominatief (af), eerste naamval (af)
- Albanian: emërore (sq) f
- Arabic: حَالَةْ اَلرَّفْع f (ḥālat ar-rafʕ), مَرْفُوع m (marfūʕ)
- Armenian: ուղղական հոլով (uġġakan holov), ուղղական (hy) (uġġakan)
- Asturian: nominativu m
- Belarusian: назо́ўны склон m (nazóŭny sklon)
- Bulgarian: имени́телен паде́ж m (imenítelen padéž)
- Carpathian Rusyn: номінатів m (nominativ)
- Catalan: cas nominatiu m, nominatiu (ca) m
- Chechen: цӏерниг дожар (cʼernig dožar)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 主格 (zh) (zhǔgé)
- Czech: nominativ (cs) m, první pád m
- Danish: nominativ (da)
- Dutch: eerste naamval (nl) m, nominatief (nl) m
- Erzya: лемдиця (ľemďića)
- Esperanto: nominativo (eo)
- Estonian: nimetav kääne (et), nominatiiv (et)
- Faroese: hvørfall (fo) n
- Finnish: nominatiivi (fi), nimentö (fi)
- French: nominatif (fr) m
- Old French: nominatif case m, nominatif m
- Galician: nominativo (gl) m
- Georgian: სახელობითი (ka) (saxelobiti), სახელობითი ბრუნვა (ka) (saxelobiti brunva), ნომინატივი (nominaṭivi)
- German: Nominativ (de) m, Werfall (de) m, Wer-Fall (de) m
- Greek: ονομαστική (el) f (onomastikí)
- Ancient Greek: πτῶσις ὀνομαστική f (ptôsis onomastikḗ), ὀνομαστική f (onomastikḗ), εὐθεῖα πτῶσις f (eutheîa ptôsis), εὐθεῖα f (eutheîa)
- Hebrew: נושא (he) m (nosé)
- Hungarian: alanyeset (hu)
- Icelandic: nefnifall (is) n
- Ingrian: nominativa
- Irish: ainmneach (ga) m
- Old Irish: ainmmnid m
- Italian: nominativo (it) m
- Japanese: 主格 (ja) (しゅかく, shukaku)
- Kalmyk: нерәдгч киисквр (nerädgç kiiskvr)
- Kashubian: nominatiw (csb) m, nazéwôcz (csb) m
- Korean: 주격(主格) (ko) (jugyeok)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: rewşa navkî
- Kyrgyz: атооч жөндөмө (atooc jöndömö)
- Latin: cāsus nōminātīvus m, nōminātīvus m, cāsus rēctus m
- Latvian: nominatīvs (lv) m
- Lithuanian: vardininkas (lt) m
- Malay: kes nominatif
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: нэрлэхийн тийн ялгал (nerlexiin tiin jalgal), нэрлэх (mn) (nerlex)
- Mongolian: ᠨᠡᠷᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠶᠢᠨ
ᠲᠡᠶᠢᠨ
ᠢᠯᠭᠠᠯ (nerelekü-yin teyin ilɣal), ᠨᠡᠷᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ (nerelekü)
- Northern Sami: nominatiiva
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nominativ (no) m
- Nynorsk: nominativ (nn) m, nemnefall n
- Persian: حالت نهادی (hâlat-e nahâdi)
- Polish: mianownik (pl) m inan
- Portuguese: caso nominativo m, nominativo (pt) m
- Romanian: caz nominativ n, nominativ (ro) n
- Russian: имени́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (imenítelʹnyj padéž)
- Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal ainmneach m, ainmneach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: но̏минатӣв m, пр̀ви па́деж m
- Roman: nȍminatīv (sh) m, pr̀vi pádež m
- Slovak: prvý pád m, nominatív (sk) m
- Slovene: imenovalnik (sl) m
- Spanish: caso nominativo m, nominativo (es) m
- Swedish: nominativ (sv) c
- Telugu: ప్రథమా విభక్తి (te) (prathamā vibhakti)
- Thai: กรรตุการก (th) (gà-dtù-gaa-rók)
- Turkish: yalın hâl (tr), ismin yalın hâli
- Ukrainian: називний (uk) m (nazyvnyj)
- Uyghur: باش كېلىش (bash këlish)
- Vietnamese: nguyên cách, danh cách, cách tên, chủ cách
- Volapük: kimfal, nominatif (vo)
- Welsh: goddrychol (cy)
- Zazaki: halo raşt
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