vocative
The vocative caseThe vocative case
» The vocative is the case we use when we call or address someone or something.
Meaning
4 sensesThe vocative case
A word in the vocative case
A vocative expression
(rare)Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.
- the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
Examples
2 sentencesThe vocative is the case we use when we call or address someone or something.
In Latin, there are six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, and vocative.
ruВ латинском языке шесть падежей: номинатив, генитив, датив, аккузатив, аблатив и вокатив.
deIm Lateinischen gibt es die sechs Kasus Nominativ, Genitiv, Dativ, Akkusativ, Ablativ und Vokativ.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvuFrom Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ, “for calling; vocative case”) – from vocāre (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-, o-grade of *wekʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx.
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Forms
plural: vocativesSynonyms
1 synonyms- the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed:vocative case