About The Word Genitive
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Genitive
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What's The Definition Of Genitive?
[n] the case expressing ownership
[adj] (grammar) serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings" Synonyms | Synonyms for Genitive: genitive case | possessive | possessive case Related Terms | Find terms related to Genitive: See Also | oblique | oblique case Genitive In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Gen"i*tive\, n. (Gram.) The genitive case. {Genitive absolute}, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See {Ablative absolute}. |
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