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Dative Definition

dative

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English

Etymology

From Latin dativus (appropriate to giving), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -ivus '-ive'.

Adjective

dative (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
  2. (law) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
  3. (law) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
  4. (law) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself
  5. (sciences) formed by two electrons contributed by one atom

Derived terms

Noun

dative (plural datives)

  1. (grammar) The dative case.

Translations

dative case
  • Arabic: حَالةُ المَفْعُولُ لَهُ (ħāltu l-mafʕūlu láhu) f., حَالَة مِنْ حَالاَتُ النُّصْب (ħāla min al-ħalātu n-núʂb) f.
  • Armenian: տրական (hy) (trakan)
  • Belarusian: давальны склон (davál’ny sklon) m.
  • Bulgarian: дателен падеж (dátelen padéž) m.
  • Catalan: datiu m.
  • Croatian: dátīv (hr) m.
  • Czech: třetí pád (cs) m., dativ (cs) m.
  • Dutch: datief m.; (incompatible numbering traditions) derde naamval m., vierde naamval m.
  • Finnish: datiivi (fi)
  • French: datif m., (incompatible numbering traditions) troisième déclinaison, quatrième déclinaison
  • Georgian: მიცემითი (ka)
  • German: Dativ m., Wemfall m., dritter Fall m.
  • Hungarian: részeshatározó eset

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

dative f.

  1. feminine form of datif

Anagrams

Italian

Adjective

dative

  1. Feminine plural of dativo

Anagrams

Romanian

Noun

dative n. pl.

  1. Plural form of dativ.

 

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The dative case (abbreviated dat, or sometimes d when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to whom something is given, as in "George gave Jamie a drink".
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