imperativ

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪmpɛratɪf]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɪmpɛratiːf]
• Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧tiv

Noun

imperativ m inan

1. imperative

Declension

Declension of imperativ (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	imperativ	imperativy
genitive	imperativu	imperativů
dative	imperativu	imperativům
accusative	imperativ	imperativy
vocative	imperative	imperativy
locative	imperativu, imperativě	imperativech
instrumental	imperativem	imperativy

Related terms

• See aparát

Further reading

• imperativ in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• imperativ in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French impératif, Latin imperativus.

Adjective

imperativ m or n (feminine singular imperativă, masculine plural imperativi, feminine and neuter plural imperative)

1. imperative

Declension

Declension of imperativ

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	imperativ		imperativă	imperativi	imperative
	definite	imperativul		imperativa	imperativii	imperativele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	imperativ		imperative	imperativi	imperative
	definite	imperativului		imperativei	imperativilor	imperativelor

Noun

imperativ n (plural imperative)

1. (grammar) imperative; imperative mood

Declension

Declension of imperativ

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) imperativ	imperativul	(niște) imperative	imperativele
genitive/dative	(unui) imperativ	imperativului	(unor) imperative	imperativelor
vocative	imperativule		imperativelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperativus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /împeratiːʋ/
• Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ra‧tiv

Noun

ȉmperatīv m (Cyrillic spelling и̏мператӣв)

1. imperative

Declension

Declension of imperativ

	singular	plural
nominative	imperativ	imperativi
genitive	imperativa	imperativa
dative	imperativu	imperativima
accusative	imperativ	imperative
vocative	imperative	imperativi
locative	imperativu	imperativima
instrumental	imperativom	imperativima

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imperativus.

Noun

imperativ n

1. (grammar) an imperative
2. (philosophy) an imperative, a must

Declension

Declension of imperativ
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	imperativ	imperativet	imperativ	imperativen
Genitive	imperativs	imperativets	imperativs	imperativens

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

imperativ

1. (grammar) imperative mood

Inflection

Inflection of imperativ (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	imperativ
genitive sing.	imperativan
partitive sing.	imperativad
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	imperativ	—
accusative	imperativan	—
genitive	imperativan	—
partitive	imperativad	—
essive-instructive	imperativan	—
translative	imperativaks	—
inessive	imperativas	—
elative	imperativaspäi	—
illative	imperativaha	—
adessive	imperatival	—
ablative	imperativalpäi	—
allative	imperativale	—
abessive	imperativata	—
comitative	imperativanke	—
prolative	imperativadme	—
approximative I	imperativanno	—
approximative II	imperativannoks	—
egressive	imperativannopäi	—
terminative I	imperativahasai	—
terminative II	imperativalesai	—
terminative III	imperativassai	—
additive I	imperativahapäi	—
additive II	imperativalepäi	—

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “наклонение, повелительный”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika