Dative Definition
dative
English
Etymology
From Latin dativus (appropriate to giving), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -ivus '-ive'.
Adjective
dative (not comparable)
- (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.
- (law) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
- (law) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
- (law) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself
- (sciences) formed by two electrons contributed by one atom
Derived terms
Noun
dative (plural datives)
- (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
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
dative f.
- feminine form of datif
Anagrams
Italian
Adjective
dative
- Feminine plural of dativo
Anagrams
Romanian
Noun
dative n. pl.
- Plural form of dativ.
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