vocative
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From LateMiddle English[Term?],borrowed fromMiddle Frenchvocatif,fromLatinvocātīvus(“for calling”);a calque of Ancient Greekκλητῐκή(klētikḗ,“for calling; vocative case”)– fromvocāre(“to call”),fromProto-Indo-European*wokʷ-,o-gradeof*wekʷ-(“give vocal utterance, speak”).See Latinvōx.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American)enPR:väk'ətĭv,vōk'ətĭv,IPA(key):/ˈvɑkətɪv/,/ˈvoʊkətɪv/
- (Received Pronunciation)enPR:vŏk'ətĭv,IPA(key):/ˈvɒkətɪv/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]vocative(comparativemorevocative,superlativemostvocative)
- Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling orvocation.
- (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). For example "Domine,O Lord "
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or pertaining to calling
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grammar: used in address
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Noun
[edit]vocative(pluralvocatives)
- (grammar)Thevocative case
- (grammar)A word in thevocative case
- (rare)Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; anentreaty,aninvocation.
- 1748,[Samuel Richardson], “Letter L”, inClarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady:[…],volumes(please specify |volume=I to VII),London:[…]S[amuel]Richardson;[…],→OCLC:
- [T]he two latter will hardly come neither, if they think it will be to hear yourwhiningvocatives.
Translations
[edit]grammatical case—seevocative case
See also
[edit]Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vocative
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vocātīve
References
[edit]- “vocative”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vocativeinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
Romanian
[edit]Noun
[edit]vocativenpl
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