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vocative

vo·ca·tive

UK/ˈvɒkətɪv/ US/ˈvɑkətɪv/ uncommon rare
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

relating to a case used in some languages

  • “vocative verb endings”

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ, “for calling; vocative case”) - from vocāre (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-, o-grade of *wekʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx.

Phrases

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