ergative

1. Of or relating to a language, such as Georgian, in which the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb is expressed by one grammatical case, and the subject of a transitive verb is expressed by another.

2. Of or relating to the grammatical case of the subject of a transitive verb in such a language.

3. Of, relating to, or being a language (as Inuit or Georgian) in which the objects of transitive verbs and subjects of intransitive verbs are typically marked by the same linguistic forms.

4. Being an inflectional morpheme that typically marks the subject of a transitive verb in an ergative language.

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1. A nominal having an ergative form.

2. An ergative inflection.

3. The ergative case.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
ergative	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
ag	3
ai	2
ar	2
at	2
er	2
et	2
gi	3
it	2
re	2
ta	2
te	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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air	3
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art	3
ate	3
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erg	4
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eve	6
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rag	4
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reg	4
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ret	3
rev	6
ria	3
rig	4
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tar	3
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tea	3
tee	3
teg	4
tie	3
var	6
vat	6
vee	6
veg	7
vet	6
via	6
vie	6
vig	7

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ager	5
airt	4
areg	5
aver	7
eave	7
eger	5
ever	7
gait	5
gate	5
gave	8
gear	5
geta	5
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give	8
grat	5
gree	5
grit	5
rage	5
ragi	5
rate	4
rave	7
rete	4
rite	4
rive	7
tare	4
tear	4
tier	4
tire	4
tree	4
trig	5
vagi	8
vair	7
veer	7
vega	8
vera	7
vert	7
vier	7
viga	8
vita	7
arie	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aerie	5
agree	6
aiver	8
arete	5
avert	8
eager	6
eagre	6
eater	5
egret	6
evert	8
evite	8
gater	6
giver	9
grate	6
grave	9
great	6
greet	6
irate	5
ragee	6
reave	8
regie	6
reive	8
retag	6
retia	5
retie	5
revet	8
rivet	8
targe	6
terai	5
terga	6
tiger	6
tragi	6
trave	8
vegie	9
verge	9
virga	9
vitae	8

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aigret	7
ergate	7
gaiter	7
greave	10
grieve	10
grivet	10
regave	10
regive	10
rivage	10
triage	7
verite	9
virgae	10

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
virgate	11

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ergative	12