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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”), from vocō (“to call”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vokativ m inan
- vocative case
- Synonyms: pátý pád, volatel
Declension
Declension of vokativ (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “vokativ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “vokativ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “vokativ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vocativus (“vocative”), from vocare (“to call”).
Noun
vokativ c (singular definite vokativen, plural indefinite vokativer)
- (grammar) vocative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vocativus (“vocative”), from vocare (“to call”).
Noun
vokativ m (definite singular vokativen, indefinite plural vokativer, definite plural vokativene)
- (grammar) vocative
Synonyms
References
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
vȍkatīv m (Cyrillic spelling во̏катӣв)
- (grammar) vocative
Declension
Swedish
Adjective
vokativ
- (grammar) vocative (grammar: used in address)
Noun
vokativ c
- (grammar) the grammatical case vocative
Declension