Word: nonergative
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: no
ner
ga
tive
Definition: Not ergative. Used of various situations where the subjects of transitive constructions have different grammatical cases or thematic relations to those of intransitive constructions.
Morphemes:
Affix: non-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in the sense of no or none to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nōn
Language: ML.
Decoded: non
Meaning: not
Affix: ergative
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Used of various situations where the subjects of transitive constructions have different grammatical cases or thematic relations to those of intransitive constructions.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: grc
Language: grc
Decoded: grc
PoS: Symbol
Meaning: the ISO 639-3 code for Ancient Greek, Classical Greek, Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek (to 1453)