Nominative case (abbreviated as NOM) is the grammatical case of nouns and pronouns that marks the subject of a verb. That's why it may be called a subjective case. Nominative case in Nûrlâm has no special ending, and it is the default dictionary form. The term “nominative” is used only for Standard and Modern language. In Archaic Nûrlâm absolutive case is used instead (see below).

Absolutive case (abbreviated as ABS) is used only in Archaic Nûrlâm with its ergative structure. It can mark both the subject of intransitive verb and the object/patient of transitive verb. Absolutive case of nouns is similar to nominative with zero ending, but for pronouns subject and object forms are different. So for pronouns terms Subjective and Objective case are more suitable.

1. Accusative case;
2. Ergative case;