direct case
noun1
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A noun case which covers the nominative and possibly other cases such as vocative and/or accusative (the precise definition depends on the case system in question; the term is used especially in simple systems with two or three cases)
- 19. Cases of Nouns are six: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Vocative, and Ablative. As in the Latin and Greek languages, these cases are derived from the Nominative by certain rules of inflection; the Nominative being the root of all the other cases, is termed the direct case, the others are called oblique cases.1817, Peter Edmund Laurent, An introduction to the study of German grammar; with practical exercises., London, page 13:
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Obsolete A synonym for the nominative case, based on the definition by Peter Edmund Laurent https://books.google.ca/books?id=66NWAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=direct&f=false
- Antonyms
- oblique case
- Related terms
- grammatical case