Meaning

6 senses
  1. (not comparable)Denoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.

    Dativ-, dativisch

    да́тельныйdátelʹnyj

    дава́льнийdaválʹnyj

  2. (not comparable)Formed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.

  3. (not comparable, obsolete)In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.

  4. (not comparable, obsolete)Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.

  5. (not comparable, obsolete)Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.

  6. (not comparable, obsolete)Given in advance; not needed to be calculated.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. The dative case marks an indirect object.

    Давальний відмінок позначає непрямий додаток. — deniko

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  2. Dative is the death of genitive.

    ruДательный – смерть родительного. — Ooneykcall

    deDer Dativ ist der Tod des Genitivs. — MUIRIEL

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  3. Dative spells the death of the genitive.

    deDer Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod. — MUIRIEL

  4. Russian has six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, and prepositional.

    ruВ русском языке шесть падежей: именительный, родительный, дательный, винительный, творительный и предложный. — marafon

    deDie russische Sprache kennt sechs Fälle: Nominativ, Genitiv, Dativ, Akkusativ, Instrumentalis und Präpositiv. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Russian has six basic cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental and prepositional.

    ruВ русском шесть основных падежей: именительный, родительный, дательный, винительный, творительный, предложный. — Ooneykcall

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Translations

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Origin

From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of d

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

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