dative

See also: Dative

English

Etymology

From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -īvus (“-ive”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dāt'ĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪtɪv/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

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. (obsolete, law) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
3. (obsolete, law) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
4. (obsolete, 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; see dative bond.
6. (mathematics, obsolete) Given in advance; not needed to be calculated.

   Antonym: quesitive

Derived terms

• dative bond
• dative case
• dative executor
• datively
• dative of purpose
• dative shift
• dative sickness

 

Translations

grammar: noting the case of noun which expresses indirect object

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: مفعول لأجله m
• Armenian: տրական (hy) (trakan)
• Basque: datibo
• Belarusian: дава́льны (daválʹny)
• Bulgarian: да́телен (bg) (dátelen)
• Catalan: datiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第三格, 与格 (zh) (yǔgé)

• Czech: dativní
• Danish: dativ (da)
• Dutch: in de datief (nl) m
• Esperanto: dativa
• Faroese: hvørjumfals-
• Finnish: datiivinen, datiivi- (fi)
• French: datif (fr) m
• Galician: dativo m
• Georgian: მიცემითი (ka) (micemiti)
• German: Dativ- (de), dativisch (de)
• Greek: δοτική (el) f (dotikí)

  Ancient: δοτική (dotikḗ)

• Hungarian: részeshatározó (hu), részeshatározós, részeshatározói
• Indonesian: datif (id)
• Icelandic: þágufalls- (is)
• Irish: tabharthach (ga)
• Italian: dativo (it)
• Japanese: 与格 (ja) (yokaku)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: datīvus m
• Norwegian: dativ (no) m
• Old English: forġiefendlīċ
• Polish: celownikowy (pl)
• Portuguese: dativo (pt)
• Russian: да́тельный (ru) (dátelʹnyj)
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: tabhartach
• Slovene: dajalniški
• Spanish: dativo (es)
• Swedish: dativ (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: -e hâli (tr), datif (tr)
• Ukrainian: дава́льний (uk) (daválʹnyj)
• Vietnamese: dữ cách
• Welsh: dadiol, derbyniol (cy)

capable of being disposed of at will

• Dutch: begeven (nl)

removable

• Dutch: afzetbaar (nl)

given by a judge

• Catalan: datiu (ca)
• Dutch: datief (nl)
• Portuguese: dativo (pt)

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Translations to be checked

• Belarusian: ^{(please verify)} дава́льны (daválʹny)
• French: ^{(please verify)} datif (fr) m
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} dativus m
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} dativ (no)

Noun

dative (plural datives)

1. (grammar) The dative case.
2. (grammar) A word inflected in the dative case.

Derived terms

• dative absolute
• ethical dative
• ethic dative
• partitive dative
• personal dative

 

Translations

dative case — see dative case

word in the dative

• Finnish: datiivissa oleva sana
• German: Dativ (de) m

Anagrams

• DeVita

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.tiv/

• Audio

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Adjective

dative

1. feminine singular of datif

Anagrams

• devait, déviât, évidât

Italian

Adjective

dative

1. feminine plural of dativo

Anagrams

• De Vita, datevi

Latin

Adjective

datīve

1. vocative masculine singular of datīvus

Romanian

Noun

dative n pl

1. plural of dativ