dativ

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See also: Dativ, datív, and datīv

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin datīvus (appropriate for giving), from datus (the past participle of (I give)) + -īvus (-ive).

Pronunciation

Noun

dativ m inan

  1. (grammar) dative, dative case
    Synonyms: třetí pád, bližník, davatel, darovník, darník

Declension

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin (cāsus) datīvus (dative )

Pronunciation

Noun

dativ c (singular definite dativen, plural indefinite dativer)
(grammar)

  1. (singular only) the dative case, the dative (the grammatical case)
    Synonyms: hensynsfald n (rare), [den] tredje kasus c (literally third case)
  2. (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.

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Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin dativus.

Pronunciation

Noun

dativ m (definite singular dativen, uncountable)

  1. (grammar) dative case

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dativus.

Noun

dativ n (plural dative)

  1. the dative case

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin dativus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǎːtiːʋ/
  • Hyphenation: da‧tiv

Noun

dátīv m (Cyrillic spelling да́тӣв)

  1. (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

  1. (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

  1. the grammatical case dative

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