nominative
Giving a name; naming; designatingGiving a name; naming; designating.
» The verb's subject is always in the nominative case.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Giving a name; naming; designating.
nominative fair use
(not comparable)Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
Nominativ-, im Nominativ
имени́тельныйimenítelʹnyj
називни́йnazyvnýj
serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
(not comparable)Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
appointed by nomination
Examples
9 sentencesThe verb's subject is always in the nominative case.
All prepositions take the nominative.
Russian has six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, and prepositional.
ruВ русском языке шесть падежей: именительный, родительный, дательный, винительный, творительный и предложный. — marafon
deDie russische Sprache kennt sechs Fälle: Nominativ, Genitiv, Dativ, Akkusativ, Instrumentalis und Präpositiv. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Russian has six basic cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental and prepositional.
ruВ русском шесть основных падежей: именительный, родительный, дательный, винительный, творительный, предложный. — Ooneykcall
In English there are only three cases, nominative, genitive, and objective, or accusative case.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōmiFrom Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”).
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