ergativ
- The term 'ergativ' appears to be a misspelling or incorrect form of 'ergative'. In linguistics, 'ergative' refers to a type of language structure where the subject of an intransitive verb is treated the same as the object of a transitive verb, distinct from the subject of a transitive verb. adjectiveIn an ergative language, the sentence structure differs from nominative-accusative languages.Basque is an example of an ergative language.