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Vocative case

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English

Noun

(grammatical terminology): case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to English "O" as used in solemn or poetic address: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Czech, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi, Latin, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Sanskrit, and Serbian.

Translations

  • Arabic: صِيغَةُ المُنَادَى (ʂíːγatu l-munáːda) f
  • Bulgarian: звателен падеж (zvátelen padéž) m
  • Croatian: vokativ m
  • Czech: vokativ m, pátý pád m
  • Dutch: aanspreekvorm m, vocatief m
  • Esperanto: vokativo
  • Finnish: vokatiivi
  • French: vocatif m
  • German: Vokativ m, Anredefall m
  • Greek: κλητική (klitikí) f
  • Hebrew: יחסת פנייה (yakhasat peniyah) f
  • Hungarian: megszólító eset
  • Italian: vocativo m
  • Japanese: 呼格 (こかく , kokakú)
  • Latin: casus vocativus m
  • Portuguese: vocativo m
  • Romanian: cazul vokativ m
  • Russian: звательный пaдeж (zvátel'nyj padéž) m
  • Serbian: вокатив (vokativ) m
  • Slovak: piaty pád m, vokatív m
  • Spanish: caso vocativo m
  • Swedish: vokativ
  • Turkish: vokatif
  • Ukrainian: кличний відмінок (klyčnyj vidminok) m

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