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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024da•tive /ˈdeɪtɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - Grammarof or referring to a grammatical case that indicates the indirect object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions:In the Latin sentence pecuniam mihi dedit which means "He or she gave me money," the word mihi which means "to me,'' is in the dative case.
n. [countable] - Grammarthe dative case.
- Grammara word or other form in the dative case.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024da•tive (dā′tiv),USA pronunciation [Gram.]adj. - Grammar(in certain inflected languages, as Latin, Greek, and German) noting a case having as a distinctive function indication of the indirect object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.
n. - Grammarthe dative case.
- Grammara word or form in that case, as Latin regi in regi haec dicite meaning "tell this to the king.''
- Latin datīvus (casus) dative (case), equivalent. to dat(us) given (see date1) + -īvus -ive; translation of Greek dotiké̄ (ptôsis)
- 1400–50; late Middle English datif
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dative /ˈdeɪtɪv/ adj - denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives used to express the indirect object, to identify the recipients, and for other purposes
n - the dative case
- a word or speech element in this case
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin datīvus, from dare to give; translation of Greek dotikosdatival /deɪˈtaɪvəl/ adj ˈdatively adv |