oblique case

Synonyms:

oblique

Antonyms:

nominative, nominative case, subject case

the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb

Types:

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accusative, accusative case, objective case

the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb

dative, dative case

the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb

genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case

the case expressing ownership

vocative, vocative case

the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed

ablative, ablative case

the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb

attributive genitive, attributive genitive case

a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective

Type of:

case, grammatical case

nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence