Adjective: ergative 'ur-gu,tiv
- (linguistics) relating to a case that marks the subject of a transitive verb but not an intransitive verb
"Basque is an ergative language"
- (linguistics) the ergative case in languages with ergative-absolutive alignment; and ergative word
"In Inuktitut, the ergative marks the subject of a transitive verb"
Derived forms: ergatives
Encyclopedia: Ergative