dative absolute (English, noun)
expansion: dative absolute (plural datives absolute or dative absolutes)
Senses:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Germanic:
in Old English
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: 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
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Germanic:
in Old High German
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Germanic:
in Middle Dutch less frequently than the genitive absolute
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Germanic:
in Old Norse
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Germanic:
in Gothic
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Old Church Slavonic
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Old Church Slavonic
in Old East Slavic and due to Old Church Slavonic influence in Russian as late as the 18th century
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Lithuanian and Latvian
Forms:
form: datives absolute
tags: plural
form: dative absolutes
tags: plural