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dative

noun
🔊/ˈdeɪtɪv/
🔊/ˈdeɪtɪv/
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  1. (in some languages用于某些语言) the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it is the indirect object of a verb or is connected with the indirect object与格（名词、代词或形容词用作间接宾语或与间接宾语相关时的一种形式）
    • In the sentence, ‘I sent her a postcard’, the word ‘her’ is in the dative.在 I sent her a postcard 一句中，her 一词处于与格。🔊🔊
    compare ablative, accusative, genitive, instrumental (2), locative, nominative, vocativeTopics Languagec2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin (casus) dativus ‘(case) of giving’, from dat- ‘given’, from the verb dare.

dative

adjective
🔊/ˈdeɪtɪv/
🔊/ˈdeɪtɪv/
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  1. (in some languages用于某些语言) in the form that a noun, a pronoun or an adjective takes when it is the indirect object of a verb or is connected with the indirect object与格（名词、代词或形容词用作间接宾语或与间接宾语相关时的一种形式）
    • the dative case与格
    compare ablative, accusative, genitive, instrumental (3), locative, nominative, vocativeTopics Languagec2