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dative
[ dey-tiv ]
adjective
- (in certain inflected languages, as Latin, Greek, and German) noting a case having as a distinctive function indication of the indirect object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.
noun
- the dative case.
- a word or form in that case, as Latin regi in regi haec dicite meaning “tell this to the king.”
dative
/ ˈdeɪtɪv; deɪˈtaɪvəl /
adjective
- denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives used to express the indirect object, to identify the recipients, and for other purposes
noun
- the dative case
- a word or speech element in this case
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Derived Forms
- datival, adjective
- ˈdatively, adverb
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Other Words From
- da·ti·val [dey-, tahy, -v, uh, l], adjective
- dative·ly adverb
- nonda·tival adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dative1
C15: from Latin datīvus, from dare to give; translation of Greek dotikos
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Example Sentences
Moreover, fet of the plural applies only to the nominative and accusative; the genitive has fota, the dative fotum.
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Probably folc should be taken as dative, or folke should be read; and sends it to the people and thereby betokens &c.
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Every accusative resembles either the nominative or the dative; if the latter, it ends in -e.
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If a final -e appears, it is usually in the dative case; but even in this case, it is frequently dropped.
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Whos occurs as expressing a genitive; and whom for a dative; but we never find who as a nominative.
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