absolutive
[ ab-suh-loo-tiv ]
/ ˌæb səˈlu tɪv /
adjective
noting or pertaining to the grammatical case or inflectional form of the subject of an intransitive verb and the direct object of a transitive verb in an ergative language such as Inuit.
noun
an absolutive form of a word in an ergative language.
the absolutive case.
Origin of absolutive
First recorded in 1860–65;
absolut(e) +
-ive
Words nearby absolutive
absolute zero,
absolutely,
absolutely convergent,
absolution,
absolutism,
absolutive,
absolutize,
absolutory,
absolve,
absonant,
absorb