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dative absolute

dative absolute noun: in Old English.

Noun

dative absolute (plural datives absolute or dative absolutes)

  1. in Old English
  2. it has been continued by Modern English but at some point became the nominative absolute
  3. in Old High German
  4. in Middle Dutch less frequently than the genitive absolute
  5. in Old Norse
  6. in Gothic
  7. in Old Church Slavonic
  8. in Old East Slavic and due to Old Church Slavonic influence in Russian as late as the 18th century
  9. in Lithuanian and Latvian

Forms of dative absolute

pluraldatives absolute
pluraldative absolutes

Origin of dative absolute

Calque of Latin dativus absolutus.

Questions about dative absolute

What does dative absolute mean?
Dative absolute means in Old English.
What part of speech is dative absolute?
Dative absolute is a noun.
What is the plural of dative absolute?
The plural of dative absolute is datives absolute.

Words near dative absolute in the dictionary

  1. datiscins
  2. datiscoside
  3. Datisi
  4. datival
  5. dative
  6. dative absolute
  7. dative alternation
  8. dative alternations
  9. dative bond
  10. dative bonds
  11. dative case

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