Meaning of vocative case | Babel Free
Definitions
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.
Equivalents
العربية
نداء
Azərbaycanca
çağırış halı
Български
звателен падеж
Bosanski
vokativ
Cymraeg
cyfarchol
Dansk
vokativ
Ελληνικά
κλητική
Esperanto
vokativo
Suomi
vokatiivi
Français
vocatif
Gaeilge
gairmeach
Hrvatski
vokativ
Magyar
megszólító eset
Հայերեն
կոչական հոլով
Íslenska
ávarpsfall
Italiano
vocativo
日本語
呼格
한국어
호격
Latina
vocativus
Lietuvių
šauksmininkas
Latviešu
vokatīvs
Монгол
дуудахын тийн ялгал
Polski
wołacz
Português
vocativo
Română
vocativ
Русский
зва́тельный паде́ж
Slovenčina
vokatív
Српски
vokativ
Svenska
vokativ
తెలుగు
సంబోధనా ప్రథమా విభక్తి
Türkçe
vokatif
Українська
кли́чний відмі́нок
اردو
پتہ
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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