agentive
agentive
(ˈeɪdʒəntɪv
), agential
(eɪˈdʒɛnʃəl) or agentival
(ˈeɪdʒənˌtaɪvəl) grammar adjective
1 (in some inflected languages) denoting a case of nouns, etc, indicating the agent described by the verb
2 (of a speech element) indicating agency ■ '-er' in 'worker' is an agentive suffix
▷ noun
3
a the agentive case
b a word or element in the agentive case
