Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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dative

/ˈdeɪtɪv/ adjective, noun

Forms datives

  1. adjective (grammar) Denoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
  2. adjective (obsolete, law) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
  3. adjective (obsolete, law) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
  4. adjective (obsolete, law) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.
  5. adjective (sciences) Formed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.
  6. adjective (mathematics, obsolete) Given in advance; not needed to be calculated.
  7. noun (grammar) The dative case.
  8. noun (grammar) A word inflected in the dative case.

Synonyms

dative case

Antonyms

quesitive

Etymology

From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“to give”)) + -īvus (“-ive”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. 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.
  2. adjective (a) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
  3. noun The dative case. See Dative, a.,

Etymology [L. dativus appropriate to giving, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.]

Etymology [L. dativus.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “dative”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “dative” (best matches first).