English

Etymology

Latin vocativus, from vocare to call. Compare French vocatif

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling
2. (Grammar): used in address; appellative; — said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.

Translations

• Arabic: مُنَادَى (munáːda), نَدَائِيّ (nadáː’i)
• Bulgarian: звателен (zvátelen)
• Croatian: vokativni
• French: vocatif
• Greek: κλητική (klitikí) f
• Hebrew: של יחסת פנייה (šel yakhasat peniyah) f
• Hungarian: megszólító
• Italian: vocativo
• Japanese: 呼格 (こかく , kokakú)
• Latin: vocativus
• Portuguese: vocativo
• Russian: звательный (zvátel'nyj)
• Serbian: вокативни (vokativni)
• Spanish: vocativo
• Swedish: vokativ
• Turkish: vokatif
• Ukrainian: кличний (kličnyj)

Noun

1. (Grammar): The vocative case

Translations

• Arabic: صِيغَةُ المُنَادَى (ʂíːγatu l-munáːda) f
• Bulgarian: звателен падеж (zvátelen padéž) m
• Croatian: vokativ m
• Czech: vokativ m, pátý pád m
• Dutch: aanspreekvorm m
• Finnish: vokatiivi (1)
• French: vocatif m
• German: Vokativ m, Anredefall m
• Greek: κλητική (klitikí) f
• Hebrew: יחסת פנייה (yakhasat peniyah) f
• Hungarian: megszólító eset
• Italian: vocativo m
• Japanese: 呼格 (こかく , kokakú)
• Latin: casus vocativus m
• Portuguese: vocativo m
• Russian: звательный пaдeж (zvátel'nyj padéž) m
• Serbian: вокатив (vokativ) m
• Slovak: piaty pád m, vokatív m
• Spanish: vocativo m
• Swedish: vokativ
• Turkish: vokatif
• Ukrainian: кличний відмінок (kličnyj vidminok) m

See also

• interjection