voc·a·tive 
(vŏkə-tĭv)
(vŏkə-tĭv)adj.
1. Relating to, characteristic of, or used in calling.
2. Of, relating to, or being a grammatical case in certain inflected languages that indicates the person or thing being addressed.
n.
1. The vocative case.
2. A word or form in the vocative case.
[Middle English vocatif, from Old French, from Latin vocātīvus (cāsus), vocative (case), from vocātus, past participle of vocāre, to call; see VOCATION.]
voca·tive·ly adv.
- Indo-European root: wer-
- Indo-European root: werg-
- Indo-European root: wers-
- Indo-European root: wes-
- Indo-European root: wes-
- Indo-European root: wes-
- Indo-European root: wes-pero-
- Indo-European root: wesr̥
- Indo-European root: wet-
- Indo-European root: wet-
- Indo-European root: wi-
- Indo-European root: wl̥kwo-
- Indo-European root: wl̥p-ē-
- Indo-European root: wrād-
- Indo-European root: wē-
- Indo-European root: wē-r-
- Indo-European root: wērə-o-
- Indo-European root: wīkm̥tī-
- Indo-European root: wī-ro-
- Indo-European root: wō̆s
- Indo-European root: yeg-
- Indo-European root: yek-
- Indo-European root: yes-
- Indo-European root: yeu-
- Indo-European root: yeug-