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Word: Dative
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from Latin (casus) dativus ‘(case) of giving’, from dat- ‘given’, from the verb dare
ˈdeɪtɪv
(in Latin, Greek, German, and some other languages) denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, and words in grammatical agreement with them, indicating an indirect object or recipient.
Short Definition:(in Latin, Greek, German, and some other languages) denoting case of nouns and pronouns, and words in grammatical agreement with them, indicating indirect object
Word: Dative
Speech Type: Noun
ˈdeɪtɪv
a noun or other word in the dative case.
Short Definition:noun or other word in dative case
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