ACCUSATIVE


Meaning of ACCUSATIVE in English

n. & adj. Gram.

--n. the case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, expressing the object of an action or the goal of motion.

--adj. of or in this case.

Derivatives:

accusatival adj. accusatively adv.

Etymology: ME f. OF accusatif -ive or L (casus) accusativus, transl. Gk (ptosis) aitiatike

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.