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da·tive case
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Princeton's WordNet
dative, dative casenoun
the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
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dative casenoun
case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the receiver, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective case.
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dative case
The dative case is a grammatical case typically used in various languages to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action, or the location, manner, or degree of an action. Essentially, it often marks the indirect object of a verb. The specific usage can differ depending on the language.
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Dative case
The dative case is a grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to which something is given, as in "George gave Jamie a drink". In general, the dative marks the indirect object of a verb, although in some instances the dative is used for the direct object of a verb pertaining directly to an act of giving something. In Russian and Swiss German, for example, the verb "to call" is always followed by a noun in the dative. The thing being given may be a tangible object, such as "a book" or "a pen", or it may be an intangible abstraction, such as "an answer" or "help". In some languages, the dative case has assimilated the functions of other now-extinct cases. In Ancient Greek, the dative has the functions of the Proto-Indo-European locative and instrumental as well as those of the original dative. Sometimes the dative has functions unrelated to giving. In Scottish Gaelic and Irish, the term dative case is misleadingly used in traditional grammars to refer to the prepositional case-marking of nouns following simple prepositions and the definite article. In Georgian, the dative case also marks the subject of the sentence in some verbs and some tenses. This is called the dative construction.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dative case in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dative case in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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- حَالَة مِنْ حَالاَتُ النُّصْب, حَالةُ المَفْعُولُ لَهُArabic
- давальны склонBelarusian
- дателен падежBulgarian
- лург дожарChechen
- dativ, třetí pádCzech
- Wemfall, dritter Fall, DativGerman
- δοτική πτώσηGreek
- dativoEsperanto
- caso dativoSpanish
- daativEstonian
- datiiviFinnish
- hvørjumfallFaroese
- complément d'objet indirect, datif, C.O.I.French
- tuiseal tabhartachScottish Gaelic
- részes eset, részeshatározó esetHungarian
- տրական հոլովArmenian
- þágufallIcelandic
- caso dativoItalian
- 与格Japanese
- მიცემითი ბრუნვაGeorgian
- 여격Korean
- naudininkasLithuanian
- datīvsLatvian
- kes kasus ketigaMalay
- datief, derde naamvalDutch
- dativNorwegian
- celownikPolish
- caso dativoPortuguese
- cazul dativRomanian
- дательный падежRussian
- датив, dativSerbo-Croatian
- datív, tretí pádSlovak
- dajalnikSlovene
- dativSwedish
- చతుర్థీ విభక్తిTelugu
- -e hâli, datifTurkish
- dữ cáchVietnamese
- kimefal, datifVolapük
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