"predicative case" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: predicative cases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} predicative case (plural predicative cases)
  1. (grammar) A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative nominative (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective). Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (case marking a predicative nominative): predikatiivi (Finnish), წრფელობითი ბრუნვა (c̣rpelobiti brunva) (Georgian), წრფელობითი (c̣rpelobiti) (Georgian), პრედიკატივი (ṗrediḳaṭivi) (Georgian), Prädikativ [masculine] (German), predicativo (Italian), predicativo [masculine] (Portuguese), предикатив [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), predicativo (Spanish)

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