"vocative case" meaning in English

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  1. (grammar) case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address e.g.: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi-Urdu, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Ruthenian/Rusyn, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tamil and Ukrainian. Wikipedia link: vocative case Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (case of address): κλητική (klētikḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), نِدَاء (nidāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), կոչական հոլով (kočʻakan holov) (Armenian), çağırış halı (Azerbaijani), клі́чны склон (klíčny sklon) [masculine] (Belarusian), সম্বোধন (śombōdhon) [masculine] (Bengali), зва́телен паде́ж (zvátelen padéž) [masculine] (Bulgarian), вокатів (vokativ) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), 呼格 (hūgé) (Chinese Mandarin), vokativ [masculine] (Czech), pátý pád [masculine] (Czech), vokativ [common-gender] (Danish), aanspreekvorm [masculine] (Dutch), vocatief [masculine] (Dutch), vokativo (Esperanto), vokativ [neuter] (Faroese), vokatiivi (Finnish), vocatif [masculine] (French), წოდებითი ბრუნვა (c̣odebiti brunva) (Georgian), წოდებითი (c̣odebiti) (Georgian), ვოკატივი (voḳaṭivi) (Georgian), Vokativ [masculine] (German), Anredefall [masculine] (German), κλητική (klitikí) [feminine] (Greek), יחסת פנייה (yakhasat peniyah) [feminine] (Hebrew), संबोधन (sambodhan) [masculine] (Hindi), megszólító eset (Hungarian), ávarpsfall [neuter] (Icelandic), gairmeach (Irish), tuiseal gairmeach [masculine] (Irish), vocativo [masculine] (Italian), 呼格 (kokakú) (alt: こかく) (Japanese), casus vocātīvus [masculine] (Latin), vokatīvs [masculine] (Latvian), šauksmininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), സംബോധിക (sambōdhika) (Malayalam), സംബോധനാ വിഭക്തി (sambōdhanā vibhakti) (Malayalam), vocatif [masculine] (Middle French), дуудахын тийн ялгал (duudaxyn tiin jalgal) (Mongolian), rewşa bangkirin (Northern Kurdish), vokativ [masculine] (Norwegian), wołacz [masculine] (Polish), vocativo [masculine] (Portuguese), vocativ [neuter] (Romanian), cazul vocativ [neuter] (Romanian), зва́тельный паде́ж (zvátelʹnyj padéž) [masculine] (Russian), tuiseal gairmeach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), вокатив [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vokativ [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), piaty pád [masculine] (Slovak), vokatív [masculine] (Slovak), zvalnik [masculine] (Slovene), vokativ [masculine] (Slovene), caso vocativo [masculine] (Spanish), vocativo [masculine] (Spanish), vokativ (Swedish), సంబోధనా ప్రథమా విభక్తి (sambōdhanā prathamā vibhakti) (Telugu), vokatif (Turkish), кли́чний відмі́нок (klýčnyj vidmínok) (Ukrainian), پتہ (patā) [masculine] (Urdu), kimofal (Volapük), vokatif (Volapük), cyfarchol (Welsh)
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "nidāʔ",
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          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
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          "sense": "case of address",
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          "roman": "c̣odebiti brunva",
          "sense": "case of address",
          "word": "წოდებითი ბრუნვა"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "case of address",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "case of address",
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            "masculine"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "case of address",
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          "word": "संबोधन"
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          "sense": "case of address",
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          "sense": "case of address",
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "case of address",
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            "masculine"
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      "word": "կոչական հոլով"
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      "sense": "case of address",
      "word": "çağırış halı"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "case of address",
      "word": "呼格"
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣odebiti brunva",
      "sense": "case of address",
      "word": "წოდებითი ბრუნვა"
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      "word": "წოდებითი"
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      "word": "ვოკატივი"
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      "word": "संबोधन"
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      "word": "šauksmininkas"
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      "code": "mn",
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      "roman": "duudaxyn tiin jalgal",
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      "word": "дуудахын тийн ялгал"
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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "case of address",
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      "word": "vokativ"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "case of address",
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      "word": "wołacz"
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      "sense": "case of address",
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      "word": "cazul vocativ"
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      "roman": "zvátelʹnyj padéž",
      "sense": "case of address",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "зва́тельный паде́ж"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "case of address",
      "word": "cyfarchol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vocative case"
}

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