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Dictionary: gen·i·tive   (jĕn'ĭ-tĭv) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case expressing possession, measurement, or source.
  2. Of or relating to an affix or construction, such as a prepositional phrase, characteristic of the genitive case.
n.
  1. The genitive case.
  2. A word or form in the genitive case.

[Middle English genetif, from Latin genetīvus, from genitus, past participle of gignere, to beget.]


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Columbia Encyclopedia: genitive
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genitive (jĕn'ĭtĭv) [Lat.,=genetic], in Latin grammar, the case typically used to refer to a possessor. The term is used in the grammar of other languages, but the phenomenon referred to may not closely resemble a Latin genitive; thus a Latin genitive will be translated by a number of different cases in Finnish. Such forms in English as his and father's are said to be genitive, or, more often, possessive.


WordNet: genitive
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the case expressing ownership
  Synonyms: genitive case, possessive case


The adjective genitive has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (grammar) serving to express or indicate possession
  Synonym: possessive
  Pertains to noun: genitive case (meaning #1)


Translations: Genitive
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - genitivisk, genitiv-
n. - genitiv, ejefald

idioms:

  • genitive case    genitiv, ejefald

Nederlands (Dutch)
(betreffende) de tweede naamval

Français (French)
adj. - génitif, au génitif
n. - génitif

idioms:

  • genitive case    (Ling) cas génitif

Deutsch (German)
n. - Genitiv, Wesfall, zweiter Fall
adj. - genitivisch, Genitiv-

idioms:

  • genitive case    Genitiv, Wesfall, zweiter Fall

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γραμμ.) γενική (πτώση)
adj. - στη γενική (πτώση)

idioms:

  • genitive case    γενική πτώση

Italiano (Italian)
genitivo

idioms:

  • genitive case    genitivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - genitivo (m) (Gram.), palavra (f) em genitivo
adj. - genitivo

idioms:

  • genitive case    caso (m) genitivo

Русский (Russian)
родительный (падеж)

idioms:

  • genitive case    родительный падеж

Español (Spanish)
adj. - genitivo
n. - genitivo

idioms:

  • genitive case    caso genitivo, declinación genitiva

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - genitiv (gram.)
adj. - genitiv (gram.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
属格的, 属格

idioms:

  • genitive case    所有格形式

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 屬格的
n. - 屬格

idioms:

  • genitive case    所有格形式

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 소유격의
n. - 소유격

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 属格の, 所有格の
n. - 属格語形

idioms:

  • genitive case    属格(文法)

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حاله المضاف إليه (صفه) إضافي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של יחסות השייכות הקניין והסמיכות‬
n. - ‮סמיכות, יחסות השייכות, הקניין והסמיכות‬


 
 
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