[syn: possessive, genitive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum,
to beget: cf. F. g['e]nitif. See Gender.] (Gram.)
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, n. (Gram.)
The genitive case.
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Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the
ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genitive
adj 1: serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive
pronouns"; "the genitive endings" [syn: possessive,
genitive]
n 1: the case expressing ownership [syn: genitive, genitive
case, possessive, possessive case]