Ergative

Cases
Nominative Accusative Oblique
Ergative Absolutive
Transitive (case) Intransitive (case)
Abessive Dative Genitive Instrumental Vocative
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The ergative case (abbreviated ERG) is a grammatical case that marks the subject of transitive verbs. In an ergative language, this case is used alongside the the ergative case is used along with the absolutive case.

Compare:

The nominative case, which marks both the subject of transitive verbs and the experiencer of intransitive verbs
The transitive case, which marks both the subject and object of transitive verbs.

See also