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Genitive

Genitive Meaning & Definition
Genitive Definition And Meaning

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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