Definition of dative in English:

dative

adjective ˈdeɪtɪvˈdeɪdɪv

Grammar

(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.
（拉丁语、希腊语、德语和其他一些语言中）与格的
Example sentencesExamples
- The Greek preposition had several meanings, depending on whether it governed the accusative, genitive, or dative case.
- Sick's latest book is Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod, which features complaints about sporadic failures to use dative case marking according to traditional (?) principles.
- The nominal system distinguishes five cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative; the genitive and dative endings are always the same.
- A mantra is a kind of prayer that contains the name of God that is inflected grammatically in the dative case.
- You'd expect the dative dual (with two hands) to be Cheiroin, but it is in fact almost always Cheroin.
- A common strategy in some languages is to construe the Stimulus as subject and the Experiencer in the dative case.

noun ˈdeɪtɪvˈdeɪdɪv

Grammar

1A noun or other word in the dative case.
与格词
Example sentencesExamples
- The versatility of Greek prepositions makes it difficult to distinguish between the locative and instrumental uses, or even the dative of reference.
- The particular example of ‘word rage’ that Bob cited involves one of these missing datives.
- ‘Das Ereignis ‘and ‘die Kehre im Ereignis ‘were only two in a long line of titles for what must always already be the case if givenness and its dative are to come together at all.’
- Classical Mongolian had seven cases, all clearly distinguished, in contrast to Latin: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, ablative, instrumental, and comitative.
1. 1.1the dative The dative case.
  与格
  Example sentencesExamples
  The first and most common use of the dative is as an indirect object.
  When the agent is a thing, not a person, the dative is commonly used whether the subject is personal or impersonal.
  The dative is also used for the person for whom the subject does something. This dative is often called the dative of advantage or disadvantage.
  The dative is used to designate an addressee (recipient). The dative is also used to show an object towards which an action is directed.
  As students of the language may recall, German has four cases - nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative - which see words change in order to explain their relationship to each other.
  PRO in this language can occupy a position that can be filled by a lexical NP, which is assigned dative or nominative Case, depending on the embedded verb.
  It is the quintessential use of the dative case, the dative of means, grammatically speaking.

Derivatives

datival

adjective dəˈtʌɪv(ə)l

Grammar

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin (casus) dativus '(case) of giving', from dat- 'given', from the verb dare.

Rhymes

stative

Definition of dative in US English:

dative

adjectiveˈdeɪdɪvˈdādiv

Grammar

(in Latin, Greek, German, and other languages) denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, and words in grammatical agreement with them, indicating an indirect object or recipient.
（拉丁语、希腊语、德语和其他一些语言中）与格的
Example sentencesExamples
- You'd expect the dative dual (with two hands) to be Cheiroin, but it is in fact almost always Cheroin.
- A common strategy in some languages is to construe the Stimulus as subject and the Experiencer in the dative case.
- Sick's latest book is Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod, which features complaints about sporadic failures to use dative case marking according to traditional (?) principles.
- The nominal system distinguishes five cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative; the genitive and dative endings are always the same.
- A mantra is a kind of prayer that contains the name of God that is inflected grammatically in the dative case.
- The Greek preposition had several meanings, depending on whether it governed the accusative, genitive, or dative case.

nounˈdeɪdɪvˈdādiv

Grammar

1A noun or other word in the dative case.
与格词
Example sentencesExamples
- The particular example of ‘word rage’ that Bob cited involves one of these missing datives.
- ‘Das Ereignis ‘and ‘die Kehre im Ereignis ‘were only two in a long line of titles for what must always already be the case if givenness and its dative are to come together at all.’
- The versatility of Greek prepositions makes it difficult to distinguish between the locative and instrumental uses, or even the dative of reference.
- Classical Mongolian had seven cases, all clearly distinguished, in contrast to Latin: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, ablative, instrumental, and comitative.
1. 1.1the dative The dative case.
  与格
  Example sentencesExamples
  PRO in this language can occupy a position that can be filled by a lexical NP, which is assigned dative or nominative Case, depending on the embedded verb.
  As students of the language may recall, German has four cases - nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative - which see words change in order to explain their relationship to each other.
  The first and most common use of the dative is as an indirect object.
  It is the quintessential use of the dative case, the dative of means, grammatically speaking.
  The dative is used to designate an addressee (recipient). The dative is also used to show an object towards which an action is directed.
  When the agent is a thing, not a person, the dative is commonly used whether the subject is personal or impersonal.
  The dative is also used for the person for whom the subject does something. This dative is often called the dative of advantage or disadvantage.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin (casus) dativus ‘(case) of giving’, from dat- ‘given’, from the verb dare.

词汇	dative
释义	Definition of dative in English: dative adjective ˈdeɪtɪvˈdeɪdɪv Grammar (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. （拉丁语、希腊语、德语和其他一些语言中）与格的 Example sentencesExamples The Greek preposition had several meanings, depending on whether it governed the accusative, genitive, or dative case. Sick's latest book is Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod, which features complaints about sporadic failures to use dative case marking according to traditional (?) principles. The nominal system distinguishes five cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative; the genitive and dative endings are always the same. A mantra is a kind of prayer that contains the name of God that is inflected grammatically in the dative case. You'd expect the dative dual (with two hands) to be Cheiroin, but it is in fact almost always Cheroin. A common strategy in some languages is to construe the Stimulus as subject and the Experiencer in the dative case. noun ˈdeɪtɪvˈdeɪdɪv Grammar 1A noun or other word in the dative case. 与格词 Example sentencesExamples The versatility of Greek prepositions makes it difficult to distinguish between the locative and instrumental uses, or even the dative of reference. The particular example of ‘word rage’ that Bob cited involves one of these missing datives. ‘Das Ereignis ‘and ‘die Kehre im Ereignis ‘were only two in a long line of titles for what must always already be the case if givenness and its dative are to come together at all.’ Classical Mongolian had seven cases, all clearly distinguished, in contrast to Latin: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, ablative, instrumental, and comitative. 1.1the dative The dative case. 与格 Example sentencesExamples The first and most common use of the dative is as an indirect object. When the agent is a thing, not a person, the dative is commonly used whether the subject is personal or impersonal. The dative is also used for the person for whom the subject does something. This dative is often called the dative of advantage or disadvantage. The dative is used to designate an addressee (recipient). The dative is also used to show an object towards which an action is directed. As students of the language may recall, German has four cases - nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative - which see words change in order to explain their relationship to each other. PRO in this language can occupy a position that can be filled by a lexical NP, which is assigned dative or nominative Case, depending on the embedded verb. It is the quintessential use of the dative case, the dative of means, grammatically speaking. Derivatives datival adjective dəˈtʌɪv(ə)l Grammar Origin Late Middle English: from Latin (casus) dativus '(case) of giving', from dat- 'given', from the verb dare. Rhymes stative Definition of dative in US English: dative adjectiveˈdeɪdɪvˈdādiv Grammar (in Latin, Greek, German, and other languages) denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, and words in grammatical agreement with them, indicating an indirect object or recipient. （拉丁语、希腊语、德语和其他一些语言中）与格的 Example sentencesExamples You'd expect the dative dual (with two hands) to be Cheiroin, but it is in fact almost always Cheroin. A common strategy in some languages is to construe the Stimulus as subject and the Experiencer in the dative case. Sick's latest book is Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod, which features complaints about sporadic failures to use dative case marking according to traditional (?) principles. The nominal system distinguishes five cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative; the genitive and dative endings are always the same. A mantra is a kind of prayer that contains the name of God that is inflected grammatically in the dative case. The Greek preposition had several meanings, depending on whether it governed the accusative, genitive, or dative case. nounˈdeɪdɪvˈdādiv Grammar 1A noun or other word in the dative case. 与格词 Example sentencesExamples The particular example of ‘word rage’ that Bob cited involves one of these missing datives. ‘Das Ereignis ‘and ‘die Kehre im Ereignis ‘were only two in a long line of titles for what must always already be the case if givenness and its dative are to come together at all.’ The versatility of Greek prepositions makes it difficult to distinguish between the locative and instrumental uses, or even the dative of reference. Classical Mongolian had seven cases, all clearly distinguished, in contrast to Latin: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, ablative, instrumental, and comitative. 1.1the dative The dative case. 与格 Example sentencesExamples PRO in this language can occupy a position that can be filled by a lexical NP, which is assigned dative or nominative Case, depending on the embedded verb. As students of the language may recall, German has four cases - nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative - which see words change in order to explain their relationship to each other. The first and most common use of the dative is as an indirect object. It is the quintessential use of the dative case, the dative of means, grammatically speaking. The dative is used to designate an addressee (recipient). The dative is also used to show an object towards which an action is directed. When the agent is a thing, not a person, the dative is commonly used whether the subject is personal or impersonal. The dative is also used for the person for whom the subject does something. This dative is often called the dative of advantage or disadvantage. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin (casus) dativus ‘(case) of giving’, from dat- ‘given’, from the verb dare.
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