1. of, relating to, or functioning as the accusative case in grammar
Usage: linguistics; formal

Examples

• The accusatival form of the pronoun 'he' is 'him'.
• In Latin, accusatival endings mark the direct object of a verb.
• The teacher explained the accusatival case to the language students.
• German nouns change their accusatival forms depending on gender and number.
• The accusatival construction is essential for understanding sentence structure in inflected languages.