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genitive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun genitive has 1 sense
- genitive(n = noun.communication) genitive case, possessive, possessive case - the case expressing ownership; Array is a kind of oblique, oblique case
has particulars: attributive genitive, attributive genitive case
Adjective genitive has 1 sense
- genitive(a = adj.pert) possessive - serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"
CIDE DICTIONARY
genitive, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. génitif. See Gender.].
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. [1913 Webster]
genitive, n.
The genitive case. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
genitive, n. & adj. Gram.
--n. the case of nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them) corresponding to of, from, and other prepositions and indicating possession or close association.
--adj. of or in the genitive.
--n. the case of nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them) corresponding to of, from, and other prepositions and indicating possession or close association.
--adj. of or in the genitive.
Derivative
genitival adj. genitivally adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF genetif, -ive or L genitivus f. gignere genit- beget
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