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In [[linguistics]], a '''cognate object''' (or '''cognate accusative''') is a [[verb]]'s [[object (grammar)|object]] that is etymologically related to the verb. More specifically, the verb is one that is ordinarily [[intransitive]] (lacking any object), and the cognate object is simply the verb's [[noun]] form. This verb also has a passive form. For example, in the sentence ''He slept a troubled sleep'', ''sleep'' is the cognate object of the verb ''slept''. The passive is ''A troubled sleep was slept by him.'' Cognate objects exist in many languages, including various unrelated ones; for example,<ref>[http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/9/9-1757.html Linguist list]</ref> they exist in [[Arabic]], [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]], [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], [[Ancient Greek]],<ref>[[Herbert Weir Smyth]]. ''A Greek grammar for colleges''. page 355, section 1563: cognate accusative</ref> [[Hebrew]], [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Latin]],<ref>Joseph Henry Allen, [[James B. Greenough|James Bradstreet Greenough]]. ''New Latin grammar for schools and colleges''. p. 243, section 390: cognate accusative.</ref> and [[Russian language|Russian]].
==Examples==
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