oblique case
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oblique case
noun oblique cases
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Any noun case except the nominative case (and sometimes the vocative case), where the noun is the object of a verb or the object of a preposition.
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 a
Similar: objective case · Opposite: direct case
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noun any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
| Español | caso oblicuo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 斜格 shakaku |
| 中文 | 間接格 /间接格 jiànjiēgé, 斜格 xiégé |
| Português | caso oblíquo |
| Français | cas oblique, cas régime |
| Deutsch | abhängiger Fall, Casus obliquus, Obliquus, obliquer Kasus |
| Italiano | caso obliquo |
| Ελληνικά | πτώση πλαγία ptósi plagía |
| Română | caz oblic |
| Русский | ко́свенный паде́ж kósvennyj padéž |
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title = {oblique case},
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