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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. For example, in the sentence ''He slept a troubled sleep'', ''sleep'' is the cognate object of the verb ''slept''. 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 language|Arabic]], [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]], [[German language|German]], [[Ancient Greek]],<ref>[[Herbert Weir Smyth]]. ''A Greek grammar for colleges''. page 355, section 1563: cognate accusative</ref> [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], and [[Russian language|RussianLatin]].,<ref>[http://wwwJoseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough.linguistlist ''New Latin grammar for schools and colleges''.org/issues/9/9-1757 p.html Linguist243, list]section 390: cognate accusative.</ref> and [[Russian language|Russian]].

==Cognate objects in English==