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Definition of Genitive
1. Adjective. Serving to express or indicate possession. "The genitive endings"
2. Noun. The case expressing ownership.
Exact synonyms: Genitive Case, Possessive, Possessive Case
Generic synonyms: Oblique, Oblique Case
Specialized synonyms: Attributive Genitive, Attributive Genitive Case
Generic synonyms: Oblique, Oblique Case
Specialized synonyms: Attributive Genitive, Attributive Genitive Case
Definition of Genitive
1. a. Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
2. n. The genitive case.
Definition of Genitive
1. Adjective. (grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English. ¹
2. Noun. (grammar) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession. ¹
3. Noun. (grammar) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Genitive
1. a grammatical case [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genitive
| geniting genitings genitival genitivally genitive (current term) genitive-accusative genitive-case genitive case genitive cases genitively | genitives genitoinguinal ligament |
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