dative

Universal Words noun (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