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noun
an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Germanic:
in Old English
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noun
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
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noun
an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Germanic:
in Old High German
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noun
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
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noun
an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Germanic:
in Old Norse
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noun
an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Germanic:
in Gothic
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noun
an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Old Church Slavonic
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noun
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
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noun
an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the dative case; present:
in Lithuanian and Latvian
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History
Calque of Latin dativus absolutus.
