dative case

dative case - English

Noun

Examples
They gave gifts to the sailors. They give water to the plants. They gave the sailors* gifts.* They give the plants* water.* Jimmy has said prayers for a pony for several years, now. Jimmy has prayed for a pony* for several years, now.*

dative case (plural dative cases)

(grammar) Case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the recipient or beneficiary of an action, and is generally indicated in English by to (when a recipient) or for (when a beneficiary) with the objective case. The direct object may be either stated or unstated where the indirect object is the beneficiary of the verbal action, but is stated where the indirect object is a recipient. If there is emphasis on the indirect object, the indirect object usually precedes the direct object and is not usually indicated with to or for; said structure is also used when neither object is being emphasized.

Translations

Albanian: dhanore (sq) f
Arabic: حَالَة الْمَفْعُول لَهُ‎ f (ḥāla(t) al-mafʕūl lahu), حَالَة مِنْ حَالَات النُّصْب‎ f (ḥāla(t) min ḥālāt an-nuṣb)
Armenian: տրական հոլով (hy) (trakan holov), տրական (hy) (trakan)
Asturian: dativu m
Belarusian: дава́льны склон m (daválʹny sklon), дава́льны m (daválʹny)
Bulgarian: да́телен паде́ж m (dátelen padéž)
Catalan: datiu (ca) m
Chechen: лург дожар (lurg dožar)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 與格／与格 (zh) (yǔgé)
Czech: dativ (cs) m, třetí pád m
Dutch: datief (nl) m, derde naamval (nl) m, dativus (nl) m
Erzya: максыця (maksića)
Esperanto: dativo (eo)
Estonian: daativ (et)
Faroese: hvørjumfall (fo) n
Finnish: datiivi (fi)
French: datif (fr) m, complément d'objet indirect (fr) m, C.O.I. m, (incompatible numbering traditions) troisième déclinaison, quatrième déclinaison
Galician: caso dativo m
Georgian: მიცემითი ბრუნვა (ka) (micemiti brunva), მიცემითი (ka) (micemiti), დატივი (daṭivi) (rare, linguistics)
German: Dativ (de) m, Wemfall (de) m, dritter Fall m, Wem-Fall (de) m
Greek: δοτική πτώση f (dotikí ptósi)
- Ancient: δοτική f (dotikḗ)
Hungarian: részes eset (hu), részeshatározó eset, dativus (hu)
Icelandic: þágufall (is) n
Indonesian: datif (id)
Irish: tabharthach (ga) m
Italian: caso dativo m
Japanese: 与格 (ja) (よかく, yokaku)
Kashubian: datiw (csb) m, dôwôcz (csb) m
Korean: 여격 (ko) (yeogyeok)
Kyrgyz: барыш (ky) (barış)
Latin: (casus) dativus m
Latvian: datīvs (lv) m
Lithuanian: naudininkas (lt) m
Livonian: datīv
Malay: kes kasus ketiga
Mongolian:
- (common) өгөх оршихын тийн ялгал (ögöx oršixyn tiin jalgal, literally “dative-locative case”)
- (uncommon) өгөхийн тийн ялгал (ögöxiin tiin jalgal, literally “dative case”)
Norwegian: dativ (no) m, sidefall (no) n
Polish: celownik (pl) m inan
Portuguese: caso dativo m, dativo (pt) m
Romanian: caz dativ n, dativ (ro) n
Russian: да́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (dátelʹnyj padéž), да́тельный (ru) m (dátelʹnyj)
Rusyn: датів m (dativ)
Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal tabhartach m
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: датив m
- Roman: dativ (sh) m
Slovak: tretí pád m, datív (sk) m
Slovene: dajalnik (sl) m
Spanish: caso dativo m, dativo (es) m
Swedish: dativ (sv)
Telugu: చతుర్థీ విభక్తి (caturthī vibhakti)
Thai: สัมปทานการก (th) (sǎm-bpà-taan-gaa-rók)
Turkish: -e hâli (tr), datif (tr), yönelme (tr) hâli/durumu, -e hâli/durumu
Ukrainian: дава́льний відмі́нок m (daválʹnyj vidmínok), дава́льний (uk) m (daválʹnyj)
Vietnamese: tặng cách
Volapük: kimefal, datif (vo)
Welsh: dadiol m, derbyniol (cy) m
Zazaki: halê çerğbıyayışi