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Ergative case

British pronunciation/ˈɜːɡətˌɪv kˈeɪs/
American pronunciation/ˈɜːɡətˌɪv kˈeɪs/
Ergative case
[NOUN]
1

a grammatical case found in certain languages, such as Basque and some Australian Aboriginal languages, which marks the subject of a transitive verb while treating the subject of an intransitive verb differently

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