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Ergative Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions
Noun
1

The ergative case.

Adjective
1

Used of various situations where the subjects of transitive constructions have different grammatical cases or thematic relations to those of intransitive constructions.

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Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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