Complete Definition of "vocative case"

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Noun
vocative case

#grammar: 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, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi, Latin, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Sanskrit, and Serbian.

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|ص�غة ا���اد�|ص��غ�ة� ا�����اد�� IPAchar|(�í��atu l-muná�da) f
Bosnian: vokativ m
Bulgarian: зва�елен 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: κλη�ική (klitikí) f
Hebrew: ��סת פנ��� (yakhasat peniyah) f
Hungarian: megszólító eset
Icelandic: ávarpsfall n
Italian: vocativo m
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Japanese: �格 (���, kokakú)
Latin: casus vocativus m
Lithuanian: Å¡auksmininkas m
Novial: vokative
Polish: wo�acz m
Portuguese: vocativo m
Romanian: cazul vokativ m
Russian: зва�ел�н�й падеж (zvátel�nyj padéž) m
Serbian: вока�ив (vokativ) m
Slovak: piaty pád m, vokatív m
Spanish: caso vocativo m
Swedish: vokativ
Turkish: vokatif
Ukrainian: кли�ний в�дм�нок (kly�nyj vidminok) m

See also
Appendix:Grammatical cases

fr:vocative case
pl:vocative case

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