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-====== Ergative case ====== 
-**//Ergative case//** ([[abbreviations|abbreviated]] as ERG) is the [[grammar_case|grammatical case]] that identifies the [[grammar_noun|noun]] as the [[syntax_agent|agent]] ([[syntax_subject|subject]]) of a transitive [[grammar_verb|verb]] in [[syntax_ergative|ergative-absolutive languages]].  
-In [[Nûrlâm]] the typical ergative case ending is //-irz// for [[declension_classes|declension class]] I, and //-rz// for declension class II. Because pronouns are usually merged with verb, ergative case is not used with them, or on may say their ergative form is the same as [[case_nominative|absolutive]]. 
-Ergative case is actively used only in Archaic Nûrlâm, while in Standard language it is used only in [[grammar_voice#passive_voice|passive]]-like constructions. In Modern Nûrlâm it is totally absent. See article about [[syntax_ergative|ergative]] alignment for more information and examples. In Standard and Modern Nûrlâm function of ergative case to mark agent of action were taken by similar [[case_instrumental|Instrumental case]] together with [[grammar_participle|passive participles]].