vocative form

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• Vocative case — For the assembly programming concept, see Addressing mode. The vocative case (abbreviated voc) is the case used for a noun identifying the person (animal, object, etc.) being addressed and/or occasionally the determiners of that noun. A vocative… …   Wikipedia

• vocative — [väk′ə tiv] adj. [ME vocatif < OFr or L: OFr < L vocativus < pp. of vocare, to call < vox,VOICE] Gram. designating, of, or in the case of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives used in direct address to indicate the person or thing addressed… …   English World dictionary

• Vocative — Voc a*tive, a. [L. vocativus, fr. vocare to call.] Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• vocative — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English vocatif, from Middle French, from Latin vocativus, from vocatus, past participle of vocare Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or being a grammatical case marking the one addressed (as Latin Domine in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• vocative — UK [ˈvɒkətɪv] / US [ˈvɑkətɪv] noun [countable] Word forms vocative : singular vocative plural vocatives linguistics in some languages, the form of a noun that is used for showing that a particular person or thing is being spoken to …   English dictionary

• vocative — /ˈvɒkətɪv / (say vokuhtiv) adjective 1. Grammar a. (in some inflected languages) designating a case that indicates the person or thing addressed. b. similar to such a case form in function or meaning. 2. relating to or used in calling. –noun 3.… …  

• vocative — 1. adjective a) Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation. b) 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. 2. noun The… …   Wiktionary

• vocative — voc|a|tive [ˈvɔkətıv US ˈva: ] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: vocatif, from Latin vocativus, from vocare; VOCATION] technical a word or particular form of a word used to show that you are speaking or writing directly to someone… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• vocative — noun (C) technical a particular form of a noun in certain languages, used when speaking or writing to someone vocative adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• first name / diminutive form —    When speakers have agreed to use one another’s first names, there can still remain the question of which form of the name is to be used. ‘I wish to God you wouldn’t call me Wilson,’ says Edward Wilson to Louise Scobie in The Heart of the… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• Romanian grammar — Romanian (technically called Daco Romanian ) shares practically the same grammar and most of the vocabulary and phonological processes with the other three surviving Eastern Romance languages: Aromanian, Megleno Romanian, and Istro Romanian.As a… …   Wikipedia