vocative

• 指与呼格有关的，即用于直接称呼某人或某物的语法格；在现代汉语中主要用于历史或语言学语境。

Relating to or denoting a grammatical case used for addressing a person or thing directly; now primarily used in historical or linguistic contexts.

1. Relating to a grammatical caseC1formal

   Describing a grammatical case used to directly address a person or thing being spoken to.

   呼格

   • In Latin, the vocative case is used when calling someone's name.
   • The vocative form of 'Marcus' in Latin is 'Marce'.
   • Some languages, like Polish, still actively use the vocative case.

• 某些屈折语言中的一种格，用于表示名词是直接称呼的对象。

A grammatical case found in some inflected languages, used to indicate that a noun is being directly addressed.

1. Grammatical case for addressingC1formal

   A grammatical case used in some languages to indicate that a noun is being directly addressed, often used for calling or speaking to someone.

   呼格

   • In Latin, 'Brute' is the vocative form of 'Brutus'.
   • The vocative case is common in Slavic languages like Polish and Russian.
   • When addressing a friend in Ancient Greek, you would use the vocative case.

   同义词vocative case