Definition
Relating to or expressing agency; in grammar, denoting the case or role that marks the one performing an action.
Etymology
From agent + -ive suffix; Latin agere (to act, do) + -ive (expressing or relating to).
Kelly Says
The 'agentive case' exists in languages like German and Russian, marking who's doing the action, but English lost it centuries ago—which is why we have to use word order and prepositions to show agency instead.
Translations
BNবাংলা
প্রতিনিধি
pro-ti-nidhi
CSČeština
agentivní
ah-zhen-teev-nee
DADansk
agentiv
ah-zhen-tiv
DEDeutsch
agentiv
ah-zhen-tiv
ELΕλληνικά
πρακτορικό
praktoriko
ESEspañol
agente
ah-hen-teh
FISuomi
agentiivinen
ah-zhen-tee-vee-nen
FRFrançais
agentif
ah-zhn-teev
HEעברית
סוכנות
su-kh-noth
HUMagyar
ügynöki
oo-gin-oh-kee
IDBahasa Indonesia
agen
ah-jen
IGIG
onye nnọchi anya
oh-nye n-noh-chee an-ya
ITItaliano
agentivo
ah-zhen-tee-voh
KKKK
әкімшілік
a-kim-shi-lik
KMKM
អាជ្ញាធរ
ah-chian-tha-roh
KO한국어
대리적인
dae-ri-jeok-in
MSBahasa Melayu
agen
ah-jen
MYမြန်မာ
အကယ်ဒီ
ah-kae-dee
NLNederlands
agentieve
ah-zhen-tee-veh
NONorsk
agentiv
ah-zhen-tiv
PLPolski
agenta
ah-hen-tah
PTPortuguês
agentivo
ah-zhen-tee-voh
RORomână
agentiv
ah-zhen-tiv
RUРусский
агентный
ah-gen-tnyy
SVSvenska
agentiv
ah-zhen-tiv
SWKiswahili
mwakilishi
mwa-ki-li-shi
TAதமிழ்
ตัวแทน
thuv-a-than
TEతెలుగు
ప్రతినిధి
pra-ti-nidhi
TRTürkçe
etkili
eh-t-ki-lee
UKУкраїнська
агентний
ah-gen-tnyy
VITiếng Việt
đại diện
dai-dien
ZUZU
umshayeli
oom-sha-ye-lee