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Accusative case   /əkjˈuzətɪv keɪs/   Listen
Accusative case

noun
1.
The case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb.  Synonyms: accusative, objective case.





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"Accusative case" Quotes from Famous Books



... But the Herr is no Arabist: "Layta" means "would to Heaven," or, simply "I wish," "I pray" (for something possible or impossible); whilst "La'alla" (perhaps, it may be) prays only for the possible: and both are simply particles governing the noun in the oblique or accusative case. ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 8 • Richard F. Burton
... the governing noun; and though in course of time these particles may differ in form from the prefix of the substantive, they were akin in origin. (This system is the "concord" of Dr Bleek.[9]) The pronominal particles, whether in nominative or accusative case, must always precede the nominal, pronominal, adjectival and verbal roots, though they often follow the auxiliary prefix-participles used in conjugating verbs,[10] and the roots of ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 - "Banks" to "Bassoon" • Various


Words linked to "Accusative case" :   accusative, oblique, oblique case, objective case


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