absolute state

Meaning

Noun

• In Semitic languages, the condition of a noun not being grammatically linked to another noun – where it would use the construct state
• In Egyptian, including Coptic, a form of a verb necessitated by its regimen if this does not require the nominal state or pronominal state
• In Berber languages, an unmarked form and hence citation form of a noun similar to the absolutive of ergative languages, varying in usage cases per specific language but generally described as used for topicalized subjects of sentences – default word order being VSO –, nominal predicates and direct objects.
• A state with absolute sovereignty and authority, in contrast with e.g. a feudal state.
• A particularly dishevelled, sorry or contemptible condition.

Related

Similar words

• status absolutus
• free state

Origin

• From absolute + state.