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vocative

/vok-uh-tiv/US // ˈvɒk ə tɪv //UK // (ˈvɒkətɪv) //

主语,声母,主格,声乐

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Grammar. noting or pertaining to a case used to indicate that a noun refers to a person or thing being addressed.
    • : of, relating to, or used in calling, specifying, or addressing.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Grammar.

    • : the vocative case.
    • : a word in the vocative, as Latin Paule “O Paul.”

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Examples

  • “He told me to keep my eyes open super wide,” Waters told Vocative.

  • The vocative alone often takes a final a as in the interrogative form.

  • Ahaygar; a pet term; my friend, my love: vocative of Irish tagur, love, a dear person.

  • Avourneen, my love: the vocative case of Irish muirnn, a sweetheart, a loved person.

  • Vocative, vok′a-tiv, adj. pertaining to the act of calling, applied to the grammatical case used in personal address.

  • It is a different word altogether, and is only the subjunctive of am, in the way puss is the vocative of cat.