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vocative case

vocative case noun: case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address e.g.: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi-Urdu, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian/Rusyn, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tamil and Ukrainian.

Noun

vocative case (plural vocative cases)

  1. case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address e.g.: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi-Urdu, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian/Rusyn, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tamil and Ukrainian.

vocative case meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

vocative case in Hindi

case of address
संबोधन sambodhan

vocative case in Tamil

case of address
விளி viḷi, விளி வேற்றுமை viḷi vēṟṟumai, எட்டாம் வேற்றுமை eṭṭām vēṟṟumai

vocative case in Marathi

case of address
संबोधन sambodhan

vocative case in Urdu

case of address
پتہ patā
More languagesFewer languages
vocative case in Bengali
সম্বোধন śombōdhon
vocative case in Telugu
సంబోధనా ప్రథమా విభక్తి sambōdhanā prathamā vibhakti
vocative case in Malayalam
സംബോധിക sambōdhika, സംബോധനാ വിഭക്തി sambōdhanā vibhakti
vocative case in Odia
ସମ୍ବୋଧନ sambodhana
vocative case in Arabic
نِدَاء nidāʔ

Forms of vocative case

pluralvocative cases

Questions about vocative case

What does vocative case mean?
Vocative case means case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address e.g.: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi-Urdu, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian/Rusyn, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tamil and Ukrainian.
What is vocative case in Hindi?
Vocative case in Hindi is संबोधन (sambodhan). See Vocative case meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is vocative case?
Vocative case is a noun.
What is the plural of vocative case?
The plural of vocative case is vocative cases.

Words near vocative case in the dictionary

  1. vocationally
  2. vocationer
  3. vocationers
  4. vocations
  5. vocative
  6. vocative case
  7. vocative cases
  8. vocatively
  9. vocatives
  10. vocd
  11. Voce

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