Associations to the word «Vocative»

VOCATIVE, adjective. Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.

VOCATIVE, adjective. (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; as, Domine, O Lord.

VOCATIVE, noun. (grammar) The vocative case

VOCATIVE CASE, noun. (grammar) case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Sanskrit, Serbo-Croatian, and Ukrainian.

VOCATIVE CASES, noun. Plural of vocative case

VOCATIVE, noun. The case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed.

VOCATIVE, adjective. Relating to a case used in some languages; "vocative verb endings".