English

Etymology

Latin dativus (appropriate to giving), from dare (to give). See 2nd Date

Adjective

dative

1. (Grammar): Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
2. (Law): In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
3. (Law): Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
4. (Law): Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law — Burril. Bouvier

Related terms

• Dative executor , one appointed by the judge of probate, his office answering to that of an administrator.

Translations

• Belarusian: давальны (davál'ny)
• Bulgarian: дателен (dátelen)
• Dutch: datief m
• French: datif m
• German: Dativ -, dativisch
• Hungarian: részeshatározó
• Latin: dativus , dativa , dativum m/f/n
• Russian: дательный , дательная , дательное , дательные (dátel'nyj, dátel'naja, dátel'noje, dátel'nyje) m/f/n/pl
• Spanish: dativo m
• Swedish: dativ

Noun

dative

1. The dative case.

Translations

• Arabic: حَالةُ المَفْعُولُ لَهُ (ħáːltu l-mafʕúːlu láhu) f, حَالَة مِنْ حَالاَتُ النُّصْب (ħáːla min al-ħaláːtu n-núʂb) f
• Belarusian: давальны склон (davál'ny sklon) m
• Bulgarian: дателен падеж (dátelen padéž) m
• Dutch: datief m, derde naamval m, meewerkend voorwerp n
• French: datif m, complément d'objet indirect m, C.O.I. m
• German: Dativ m, Wemfall m, dritter Fall m
• Finnish: datiivi
• Hungarian: részeshatározó eset
• Japanese: 与格 (よかく , yokakú)
• Latin: casus dativus m
• Polish: celownik m
• Russian: дательный падеж (dátel'nyj padéž) m
• Slovak: tretí pád m, datív m
• Spanish: caso dativo m
• Swedish: dativ