Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predicative case

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: pred-ica-tive -case
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative noun (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective).

Example Sentences

"Hjelmslev also notes that in Tabassaran, a Daghestan language of the Caucasus, a language with a very large case system (see section 5.6), there is a predicative case marked by -u-, -ä- or -ö-."
"The conclusion could be formulated as follows: in Common Baltic, there was probably a certain marginal use of the instrumental as a marked predicative case alongside the nominative."
"Even Arie deJong's revision of Volapük addded a predicative case."

Inflected Forms

predicative cases (plural)

Questions

What does predicative case mean?: A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative noun (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective).

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