The ethical dative (dativus ethicus) has been attested without interruption in Aramaic dialects from the Official Aramaic period down through Neo-Aramaic. The extent and durability of this linguistic feature is discussed. Though its frequency differs from corpus to corpus, it is alive in some Neo-Aramaic dialects and its distribution in Modern Aramaic suggests that it was more widespread in pre-Modern Aramaic than the written texts show. It is most probably a colloquial feature that penetrated written texts to a limited extent. In the only real evidence we possess of spoken Aramaic, namely, Neo-Aramaic, it has, in different dialects, become an integral part of some verbal forms and does not express any identifiable nuance. Its precise meaning and use in pre-Modern Aramaic remain elusive.

从正式的阿拉姆语时期到新阿拉姆语，已经证明了道德习语（dativus ethicus）在阿拉姆语方言中没有受到干扰。讨论了该语言功能的范围和耐用性。尽管其频率因语料而异，但在一些新阿拉姆语方言中仍然存在，并且在现代阿拉姆语中的分布表明，它在现代阿拉姆语之前的分布比书面文字所显示的还要广泛。它很可能是一种口语功能，可在一定程度上渗透书面文字。在我们掌握的口语阿拉姆语（即新阿拉姆语）的唯一真实证据中，它已经以不同的方言成为某些语言形式的组成部分，并且不表达任何可识别的细微差别。它在前现代阿拉姆语中的确切含义和使用仍然难以捉摸。