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dative noun /ˈdeɪtɪv/ /ˈdeɪtɪv/ (grammar) jump to other results - (in some languages) the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it is the indirect object of a verb or is connected with the indirect object
- In the sentence, ‘I sent her a postcard’, the word ‘her’ is in the dative.
compare ablative, accusative, genitive, instrumental (2), locative, nominative, vocativeTopics Languagec2Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin (casus) dativus ‘(case) of giving’, from dat- ‘given’, from the verb dare.
dative adjective /ˈdeɪtɪv/ /ˈdeɪtɪv/ (grammar) jump to other results - (in some languages) in the form that a noun, a pronoun or an adjective takes when it is the indirect object of a verb or is connected with the indirect object compare ablative, accusative, genitive, instrumental (3), locative, nominative, vocativeTopics Languagec2
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