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dative — Grammar ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (in Latin, Greek, German, etc.) denoting a case of nouns and pronouns indicating an indirect object or recipient. ► NOUN ▪ a dative noun, pronoun, etc. ORIGIN from Latin casus dativus case of giving , from dare give … English terms dictionary
Dative shift — Dative shifting is a grammatical process by which an oblique argument of a verb, usually one functioning as a recipient or a benefactive (roles often expressed by datives), is placed in the same grammatical role as a patient, increasing the… … Wikipedia
Dative — has several meanings.*In grammar, the dative case is used to indicate the noun to whom something is given. *In chemistry, a dative bond (also known as a coordinate covalent bond) is a chemical bond in which the shared electrons come from one atom … Wikipedia
Dative case — The dative case (abbreviated dat, or sometimes d when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to whom something is given, as in George gave Jamie a drink . In general, the dative marks the indirect object… … Wikipedia
Dative construction — The dative construction is a grammatical way of constructing a sentence, with the subject in the dative case and the direct object in the nominative case. A sentence is also said to be in dative construction if the subject and the object (direct… … Wikipedia
grammar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mode of speaking and writing Nouns 1. grammar; accidence, syntax, analysis, synopsis, praxis, punctuation, syllabi[fi]cation; agreement. See speech, language, writing. 2. a. part of speech; participle;… … English dictionary for students
dative — [[t]de͟ɪtɪv[/t]] N SING: the N In the grammar of some languages, for example Latin, the dative, or the dative case, is the case used for a noun when it is the indirect object of a verb, or when it comes after some prepositions … English dictionary
dative — /ˈdeɪtɪv / (say daytiv) Grammar –adjective 1. denoting the case of a word which serves as the indirect object of a verb. –noun 2. the dative case. 3. a word in the dative case. {Middle English, from Latin datīvus of or relating to giving}… …
dative — a. Grammar, signifying indirect object or giving to; Law, capable of being given; dismissible; n. such grammatical case. ♦ datival, a … Dictionary of difficult words
ethical dative — noun : a colloquial use of the dative of a pronoun for a person to whom it imputes a vague concern with the matter in question (as German mir, literally “for me”, in bleibe mir nur gesund “I just hope you stay well”) * * * ethical dative or ethic … Useful english dictionary
