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English

Etymology

Latin dativus (appropriate to giving), from dare#Latin|dare (to give). See 2nd date.

Adjective

dative

Noting 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.
Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law — Burril. Bouvier

Related terms

dative executor

Translations

Belarusian: давальны (davál’ny)
Bulgarian: дателен (dátelen)
Catalan: datiu , dativa
Dutch: datief
French: datif
German: Dativ-, dativisch
Hungarian: részeshatározó
Icelandic: þágufall|þágufalls- (1)

Latin: dativus, dativa, dativum m/f/n
Norwegian:
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|dativo|m}}
Russian: дательный, дательная, дательное, дательные (dátel’nyj, dátel’naja, dátel’noje, dátel’nyje) m/f/n/pl
Spanish: {{t+|es|dativo|m}}
Swedish:

Noun

dative

The dative case.

Translations

Arabic: {{Arab|حالة المفعول له|حَالةُ المَفْعُولُ لَهُ}} , {{Arab|حالة من حالات النصب|حَالَة مِنْ حَالاَتُ النُّصْب}}
Belarusian: давальны склон (davál’ny sklon)
Bulgarian: дателен падеж (dátelen padéž)
Catalan: datiu
Czech: {{t-|cs|třetí pád|m}}
Dutch: datief , derde naamval , meewerkend voorwerp
French: datif , complément d'objet indirect , C.O.I.
German: Dativ , Wemfall , dritter Fall
Finnish:
Hungarian: részeshatározó eset
Icelandic: {{t+|is|þágufall|n}}

Japanese: 与格 (よかく, yokakú)
Latin: casus dativus
Latvian: datīvs
Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|naudininkas|m|xs=Lithuanian}}
Norwegian: {{t-|no|dativ|m}}
Polish: {{t+|pl|celownik|m}}
Romanian: dativ , caz dativ
Russian: дательный падеж (dátel’nyj padéž)
Slovak: tretí pád , datív
Slovene: {{t+|sl|dajalnik|m}}
Spanish: caso dativo
Swedish:

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Italian

Adjective

dative

Feminine plural of dativo

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Romanian

Noun

dative

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Dative \Da"tive\, a. [L. dativus appropriate to giving, fr. dare
to give. See 2d Date.]
1. (Gram.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the
remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by
to or for with the objective.
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2. (Law)
(a) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will
and pleasure, as an office.
(b) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of
an officer.
(c) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being
cast upon a party by the law. --Burril. Bouvier.
[1913 Webster]

Dative executor, one appointed by the judge of probate, his
office answering to that of an administrator.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Dative \Da"tive\, n. [L. dativus.]
The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
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WordNet dative
n : the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a
verb [syn: dative case]

DATIVE. That which may be given or disposed of at will and pleasure. It sometimes means that which is not cast upon the party by the law, or by a testator, but which is given by the magistrate; in this sense it is that tutorship is dative, when the tutor is appointed by the magistrate. Lec. Elem. Sec. 239; Civ. Code of L. art. 288, 1671.