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Dative meaning
Denoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective. | In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege. | Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
Synonyms of Dative
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Example sentences (20)
For example, "him" goes back to the Old English dative him (accusative was hine), and "her" goes back to the dative hire (accusative was hīe).
However, in a few cases, such as ad /at/ 'name' (dative ada), the underlying form is retained in the spelling (cf. at /at/ 'horse', dative ata).
The dative case also survives, albeit rarely, in the ethic dative, used to express one's interest in a matter.
They do, however, show that Sir John Schaw had not made a will before his death, and consequently, as an alternative, a testament dative and inventory were produced, as well as an eik (a supplement to the inventory).
A colloquial (non-standard) and rarely used way to form the passive voice for dative verbs is the following: Ich kriege geholfen, or: Ich bekomme geholfen, literally: "I get helped".
A different transformation raised embedded subjects into main clause subject position in sentences such as "John seems to have gone"; and yet a third reordered arguments in the dative alternation.
Adjective endings also change in the dative case.
All of the articles change in the dative case.
Also, the final "s" in all Dative forms has been dropped.
As in English, there are forms for nominative case ( subject pronouns ), oblique case ( object pronouns ), and genitive case ( possessive pronouns ); in addition, third-person pronouns distinguish accusative and dative.
AUTOI dative The Book of Enoch is not considered canonical by most churches, although it is by the Ethiopian Orthodox church.
Baltic languages Both Lithuanian and Latvian have a distinct dative case in the system of nominal declensions.
Below, it is used in the other case that it is allowed, with a dative plural companion.
Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch(e) (dative: the book is lying on the table), but Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch (accusative: I put the book onto the table).
Eastern Armenian also uses the dative case to mark the time of an event, in the same way English uses the preposition at, as in Meet me at nine o' clock.
Finnish Finnish does not have a separate dative case.
First and second –īus genitive adjectives Nine first and second declension adjectives are irregular in the genitive and the dative in all genders.
Here, Jacob is an indirect dative.
However, since the German dative is marked in form, it can also be put after the accusative: Ich schickte das Buch dem Mann(e).
However, the allative case can fulfill essentially the same role as dative, beyond its primary meaning of directional movement (that is, going somewhere or approaching someone).