Nominatívuma

Nominatívuma is a term used in linguistics to refer to the nominative case of a noun or pronoun. The nominative case is the grammatical case used for the subject of a sentence, the predicate nominative, or the vocative. It is the base form of a noun or pronoun, typically used when it is performing the action of the verb or when it is being identified. For example, in the sentence "The dog barked," "dog" is in the nominative case as it is the subject of the verb "barked." Similarly, in "She is a doctor," "She" is the subject and "doctor" is a predicate nominative, both in the nominative case.

The nominative case is distinct from other grammatical cases such as the accusative, genitive, dative, and instrumental, which indicate different roles or relationships within a sentence. The presence or absence of explicit case marking for the nominative varies across languages. Some languages, like Latin and Russian, have distinct endings for the nominative case, while others, such as English, largely rely on word order to identify the subject and its nominative function, with pronouns retaining some distinct nominative forms (e.g., "I," "he," "she," "we," "they"). The term "nominatívuma" specifically emphasizes the case itself rather than the word occupying that case.