Home › Entities › case › absolutive case

absolutive case

grammatical case that identifies the subject of an intransitive verb in ergative–absolutive languages
Thing case Q332734
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

absolutive case

Summary

absolutive case is a case[1]. It draws 583 Wikipedia views per month (case category, ranking #18 of 65).[2]

Key Facts

  • absolutive case's instance of is recorded as case[3].
  • absolutive case's notation is recorded as null sign[4].
  • absolutive case's different from is recorded as absolutive[5].
  • absolutive case's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#absolutiveCase[6].
  • absolutive case's exact match is recorded as https://acoli-repo.github.io/olia/html/core/olia.html#class_AbsolutiveCase[7].
  • absolutive case's P14892 is recorded as AbsolutiveCase[8].

Body

Definition and Type

absolutive case's instance of is recorded as case[3].

Why It Matters

absolutive case draws 583 Wikipedia views per month (case category, ranking #18 of 65).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). absolutive case. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/absolutive-case
MLA “absolutive case.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/absolutive-case.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_absolutive-case_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{absolutive case}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/absolutive-case}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): absolutive case — https://4ort.xyz/entity/absolutive-case (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/absolutive-case · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match → http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#absolutiveCase, https://acoli-repo.github.io/olia/html/core/olia.html#class_
    Instance of → case
    Different from → absolutive
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P2888]]: http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/AbsolutiveCase"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.