Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or belonging to the dative case: as, datival terminations.
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Examples
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At the same time this extended form occurs with final -e and -es, after datival and genitival words like on-buten, on-eanes.
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In 'he struck him a blow', we do not feel the first object to be datival, as we would in 'he gave him a blow'.
Shall and Will. 1908
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"Hifil interno e sufixo datival no tema teológico do regresso de Javé,"
DailyHebrew.com 2009
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