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Noun case used to express some relationship such as possession or origin. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition "of." :These are my things. :Those are Greek writings.
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Genitive case — In grammar, the genitive case or possessive case (also called the second case ) is the case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun but it can also indicate various relationships… … Wikipedia
genitive case — noun the case expressing ownership • Syn: ↑genitive, ↑possessive, ↑possessive case • Hypernyms: ↑oblique, ↑oblique case • Hyponyms: ↑attributive genitive, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genitive case — Auiiki. See possessive case … English-Hawaiian dictionary
attributive genitive case — noun a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective an example of the attributive genetive is John s in John s mother • Syn: ↑attributive genitive • Hypernyms: ↑genitive, ↑genitive case, ↑possessive, ↑possessive case … Useful english dictionary
genitive — [jen′i tiv] adj. [ME genitif < OFr < L ( casus) genitivus, lit., (case) of orig. < genitus (see GENITAL): mistransl. < Gr genikē, generic (case), (case) of genus < Gr genos, GENUS] Gram. designating, of, or in a relational case… … English World dictionary
genitive — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. genitif or directly from L. (casus) genitivus case expressing possession, source, origin, from genitus (pp. of gignere; see GENITAL (Cf. genital)); misused by Latin grammarians to render Gk. genike (ptosis) generic… … Etymology dictionary
genitive Grammar — [ dʒɛnɪtɪv] adjective denoting a case indicating possession or close association. noun a word in the genitive case. Derivatives genitival tʌɪv(ə)l adjective Origin ME: from OFr. genitif, ive or L. genitivus (casus) (case) of production or origin … English new terms dictionary
genitive — Grammar ► ADJECTIVE ▪ denoting a case indicating possession or close association. ► NOUN ▪ a word in the genitive case. ORIGIN from Latin genitivus casus case of production or origin , from gignere beget … English terms dictionary
Genitive — Gen i*tive, n. (Gram.) The genitive case. [1913 Webster] {Genitive absolute}, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See {Ablative absolute}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Genitive absolute — Genitive Gen i*tive, n. (Gram.) The genitive case. [1913 Webster] {Genitive absolute}, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See {Ablative absolute}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
