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vocative case

grammatical case used for a noun that identifies a person (animal, object etc.) being addressed or occasionally the determiners of that noun
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Summary

vocative case is a case[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of case entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,854 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: inflected form[3]
  • Commons category: Vocative case[4]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[7]
  • Has effect: vocative expression[8]
  • Short name: VOC[9]
  • Different from: vocative expression[10]
  • Exact match: http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#vocativeCase[11]
  • Entry in abbreviations table: Voc.[12]
  • P14892: VocativeCase[13]

Why It Matters

vocative case has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Equivalent class → —
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Equivalent class: http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/VocativeCase"
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