(grammar) (in some languages) the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it is the INDIRECTOBJECT of a verb or is connected with the INDIRECTOBJECT:
In the sentence, 'I sent her a postcard', the word 'her' is in the dative.
compareACCUSATIVE, GENITIVE, NOMINATIVE, VOCATIVE
dative adjective
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is dative a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dative is tagged as noun.
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