Agentives

/ˈeɪdʒəntɪvz/

Translation agentives into russian

Noun

agentives pl

agentive

agentives pl

The agentive in the sentence refers to the doer of the action.

Агентив в предложении относится к исполнителю действия.

Noun

A linguistic term referring to a word or form that indicates an agent, or the doer of an action.

In the sentence 'The runner won the race,' the word 'runner' is an agentive noun.

Adjective

Relating to or denoting a grammatical agent, typically the subject of a verb, which performs the action of the verb.

In the sentence 'The cat chased the mouse,' 'the cat' is the agentive noun performing the action.