nominative
The nominative caseThe nominative case.
» The verb's subject is always in the nominative case.
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2 sensesThe nominative case.
A noun in the nominative case.
Nominativform
- the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
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
1 languagesBy meaning 1
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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Forms
plural: nominatives| Singular | nominative |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb:nominative casesubject case
Antonyms
1 antonymsSee also
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