1. dative - Noun
2. dative - Adjective
Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.
Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.
The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA colloquial (non-standard) and rarely used way to form the passive voice for dative verbs is the following: Ich kriege geholfen, or: Ich bekomme geholfen, literally: "I get helped". Source: Internet
A different transformation raised embedded subjects into main clause subject position in sentences such as "John seems to have gone"; and yet a third reordered arguments in the dative alternation. Source: Internet
Adjective endings also change in the dative case. Source: Internet
Adjectives in the dative case receive pronominal endings (this might be the result of a more recent development): tas geras vaikas -> sg. tam geram vaikui, pl. tiems geriems vaikams. Source: Internet
As in English, there are forms for nominative case ( subject pronouns ), oblique case ( object pronouns ), and genitive case ( possessive pronouns ); in addition, third-person pronouns distinguish accusative and dative. Source: Internet
Baltic languages Both Lithuanian and Latvian have a distinct dative case in the system of nominal declensions. Source: Internet