oblique case

Other forms: oblique cases

Definitions of oblique case

1. noun

   any grammatical case other than the nominative
   synonyms: oblique

   types:

   accusative, accusative case, objective case

   the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb

   dative, dative case

   the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb

   genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case

   the case expressing ownership

   vocative, vocative case

   the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed

   ablative, ablative case

   the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb

   attributive genitive, attributive genitive case

   a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective

   type of:

   case, grammatical case

   nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence