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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -īvus (“-ive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dativ m inan
- (grammar) dative, dative case
- Synonyms: třetí pád, bližník, davatel, darovník, darník
Declension
Declension of dativ (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “dativ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “dativ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “dativ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Etymology
Latin (cāsus) datīvus (“dative ”)
Pronunciation
Noun
dativ c (singular definite dativen, plural indefinite dativer)
(grammar)
- (singular only) the dative case, the dative (the grammatical case)
- Synonyms: hensynsfald n (rare), [den] tredje kasus c (literally “ third case”)
- (countable) a dative form, a dative (a term declined for the dative case, a word in the dative case)
- Synonym: hensynsform c (rare)
Usage notes
- The first (singular-only) sense is also historically attested in the neuter, in the definite nominative singular form dativet.
Declension
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Further reading
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin dativus.
Pronunciation
Noun
dativ m (definite singular dativen, uncountable)
- (grammar) dative case
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dativus.
Noun
dativ n (plural dative)
- the dative case
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin dativus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dǎːtiːʋ/
- Hyphenation: da‧tiv
Noun
dátīv m (Cyrillic spelling да́тӣв)
- (grammar) the dative case
Declension
References
- “dativ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
dȃtiv m inan
- (grammar) dative case
- Synonym: dajalnik
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dativus (“appropriate for giving”), from dare (“to give”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑːtiːv/, /ˈdɑːˌtiːv/
Noun
dativ c
- the grammatical case dative
Declension
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