dative
The dative caseThe dative case.
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» The dative case marks an indirect object.
Давальний відмінок позначає непрямий додаток. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
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2 sensesThe dative case.
A word inflected in the dative case.
Dativ
- the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
Examples
7 sentencesThe dative case marks an indirect object.
Давальний відмінок позначає непрямий додаток. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dative is the death of genitive.
ruДательный – смерть родительного. — Ooneykcall
deDer Dativ ist der Tod des Genitivs. — MUIRIEL
Dative spells the death of the genitive.
deDer Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod. — MUIRIEL
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
Russian has six basic cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental and prepositional.
ruВ русском шесть основных падежей: именительный, родительный, дательный, винительный, творительный, предложный. — Ooneykcall
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dFrom Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“to give”)) + -īvus (“-ive”).
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Forms
plural: dativesSynonyms
1 synonyms- the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb:dative case
Word family
5 related wordsSee also
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