genitive

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: genitive casepossessivepossessive case

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. the case expressing ownershipSynonyms: genitive casepossessivepossessive caseType of oblique, oblique caseKinds attributive genitive, attributive genitive case

Adjective (1)

  1. serving to express or indicate possession“possessive pronouns”“the genitive endings”Synonyms: possessiveRelating to possessive case
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Gen′i·tive adjective

Origin: L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. génitif. See Gender.

Grammar 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.

Gen′i·tive noun

Grammar The genitive case.

Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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