dative absolute

Noun

Meaning

(grammar) an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Germanic:
in Old English
it has been continued by Modern English but at some point became the nominative absolute

in Old High German

in Middle Dutch less frequently than the genitive absolute

in Old Norse

in Gothic

in Old Church Slavonic
in Old East Slavic and due to Old Church Slavonic influence in Russian as late as the 18th century

in Lithuanian and Latvian

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