Dative Definition

dātĭv
adjective
Designating, of, or in the case of the indirect object of a finite verb.
Webster's New World

(sciences) Formed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.

Wiktionary
noun
The dative case: in English this case may be expressed analytically by to or by word order (Ex.: I gave the book to Jack, I gave him the book)
Webster's New World
The dative case.
American Heritage
A word or phrase in this case.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Dative

Noun

Singular:
dative
Plural:
datives

Origin of Dative

  • Middle English datif from Latin (cāsus) datīvus (case) of giving (translation of Greek dotikē ptōsis) from datus past participle of dare to give dō- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin dativus (appropriate to giving), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -ivus (“-ive”).

    From Wiktionary

Dative Sentence Examples

  • The broad lower end of the symbol is rather an accidental pit in the stone than an attempt at a diacritic mark - the word is regei, in all probability the early dative form of rex, " king."

  • The oldest form of the word is Eriu, of which Erinn is the dative case.

  • At phrase-level, all constituents containing an instrumental are labeled dative.

  • These belong to a group of four auxiliary particles called te ni wo ha (or we), which serve to mark the cases of nouns, te (or de) being the sign of the instrumental ablative; ni that of the dative; wo that of the objective, and wa that of the nominative.

  • All tenses of reflexive verbs except the imperative and present participle are formed by prefixing the pronoun which indicates the object to the verb, in the dative or genitive case (abbreviated) as the verb may require; but in the reflexive imperative and present participle the verb precedes the pronoun; e.g.

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Words Starting With

DDADAT

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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Words Starting With D and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With E