different between accusative vs svo

English

Etymology

First attested in the mid 15th century. From Middle English accusative, from Anglo-Norman accusatif or Middle French acusatif or from Latin acc?s?t?vus (“having been blamed”), from acc?s? (“to blame”). Equivalent to accuse +? -ative. The Latin form is a mistranslation of the Ancient Greek grammatical term ????????? (aiti?tik?, “expressing an effect”). This term actually comes from ???????? (aiti?tós, “caused”) +? -???? (-ikós, adjective suffix), but was reanalyzed as coming from ?????- (aiti?-), the stem of the verb ????????? (aitiáomai, “to blame”), + -????? (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??kju?z?t?v/
• (US) enPR: ?k?'z?t?v, IPA^(key): /??kjuz?t?v/
• Hyphenation: ac?cusa?tive

Adjective

accusative (comparative more accusative, superlative most accusative)

1. Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame

   Synonyms: accusatory, accusatorial

   • 22 November, 1641, Edward Dering, a speech

     This hath been a very accusative age.

2. (grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.

Translations

Noun

accusative (plural accusatives)

1. (grammar) The accusative case.

Synonyms

• (accusative case): acc., A.

Translations

French

Adjective

accusative

1. feminine singular of accusatif

Latin

Noun

acc?s?t?ve

1. vocative singular of acc?s?t?vus

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *sw?, from Proto-Indo-European *swe and Proto-Indo-European *se. Cognate with Old English sw? (English so), Old Frisian sa, Old Saxon s?, Dutch zo, Old High German s? (German so), Swedish så, Danish så, Gothic ???????????? (swa), Latin si (from an earlier form suad), Oscan ???????????????? (svaí), Umbrian sve, Greek ?? (h?s) (earlier *???).

Pronunciation

• (standard pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sv??/
• (everyday speech) IPA^(key): /s??/

Adverb

svo

1. then
2. so

   Svo.. Hvenær eigum við að koma til ykkar?

   So.. When shall we come over?

3. sic

Derived terms

• gerðu svo vel

Shona

Noun

svó 9 (plural svó 10)

1. Karanga form of itsvo