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unerga·tive

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  1. unergativenoun

    An unergative verb.

  2. unergativeadjective

    Intransitive and having an agent as its subject.

  3. Etymology: from the fact that in an ergative-absolutive language, the only case which uniquely identifies a volitional argument is the ergative case, which marks the agent of a transitive verb.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unergative in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unergative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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