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Grammatical cases

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case
categorization of nouns and modifiers by function
nominative case
grammatical case
genitive case
grammatical case that marks a word as modifying another word, indicating possession, composition, etc.
accusative case
grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb
dative case
grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to which something is given
ablative case
grammatical case
vocative case
grammatical case used for a noun that identifies a person (animal, object etc.) being addressed or occasionally the determiners of that noun
instrumental case
grammatical case
declension
In linguistics, declension (verb: to decline) is the changing of the form of a word, generally to express its syntactic function in the sentence by way of an inflection. Declension may apply to nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and determiners. It serves to indicate number (e.g. singular, dual, plural), case (e.g. nominative, accusative, genitive, or dative), gender (e.g. masculine, feminine, or neuter), and a number of other grammatical categories. Inflectional change of verbs is called conjugation.
locative case
grammatical case which indicates a location
ergative case
grammatical case that identifies the subject of a transitive verb in ergative–absolutive languages
Ithkuil
Ithkuil is an experimental constructed language created by John Quijada. It is designed to express more profound levels of human cognition briefly yet overtly and clearly, particularly about human categorization. It is a cross between an a priori philosophical and a logical language. It tries to minimize the vagueness and semantic ambiguity in natural human languages. Ithkuil is notable for its grammatical complexity and extensive phoneme inventory, the latter being simplified in an upcoming redesign. The name "Ithkuil" is an anglicized form of Iţkuîl, which in the original form roughly meant
inessive case
locative grammatical case for something that is inside of a container
absolutive case
grammatical case that identifies the subject of an intransitive verb in ergative–absolutive languages
comitative case
grammatical case denoting company
illative case
grammatical case
allative case
grammatical case
partitive case
grammatical case which denotes "partialness", "without result", or "without specific identity"
adessive case
grammatical case
abessive case
grammatical case
essive case
grammatical case
elative case
grammatical case
oblique case
grammatical case
translative case
grammatical case that indicates a change in state of a noun, with the general sense of "becoming X" or "change to X"
causative
In linguistics, a causative (abbreviated ) is a valency-increasing operation that indicates that a subject either causes someone or something else to do or be something or causes a change in state of a non-volitional event. Normally, it brings in a new argument (the causer), A, into a transitive clause, with the original subject S becoming the object O.
lative case
grammatical case
prolative case
grammatical case signifying “by way of …” or “via …”
delative case
grammatical case
instructive case
grammatical case
possessive
A possessive or ktetic form (abbreviated or ''''''; from ; ) is a word or grammatical construction indicating a relationship of possession in a broad sense. This can include strict ownership, or a number of other types of relation to a greater or lesser degree analogous to it.
superessive case
grammatical case
terminative case
grammatical case related to the final space or time of an action
sublative case
grammatical case
construct state
morphological form of a noun modified directly by another noun
distributive case
grammatical case
benefactive case
grammatical case expressing who receives the benefit of an action
list of grammatical cases
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equative case
grammatical case
temporal case
grammatical case that indicates time
exessive case
grammatical case that denotes a transition away from a state
sociative case
grammatical case
aversive case
grammatical case
perlative case
grammatical case
postessive case
grammatical case
direct case
grammatical case
adverbial case
grammatical case, found in Abkhaz and Georgian, with a function similar to that of the translative and essive cases in Finnic languages
differential object marking
linguistic syntax feature in which certain objects of verbs are marked to reflect various syntactic and semantic factors
formative case
grammatical case in Hungarian
temporal distributive case
grammatical case
instrumental-comitative case
grammatical case
essive-modal case
grammatical case in Hungarian
comparative case
grammatical case indicating comparison
pertingent case
grammatical case
intrative case
grammatical case
multiplicative case
grammatical case used for marking a number of something ("three times")
antessive case
grammatical case
egressive case
grammatical case
pegative case
grammatical case
modal case
grammatical case
ornative case
grammatical case