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Genitive Definition

genitive

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English

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Etymology

From Renaissance Latin casus genitīvus, literally "case pertaining to origin, birth", from genitus the perfect passive participle of gignō (“beget”).

Adjective

genitive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

Noun

genitive (countable and uncountable; plural genitives)

  1. (grammar) (uncountable) The genitive case; the inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
  2. (grammar) (countable) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.

Translations

genitive case — see genitive case a word in the genitive inflection
  • Polish: dopełniacz (pl) m.
  • Russian: слово в родительном падеже (ru) (slóvo v rodítel'nom padežé) n.
  • Swedish: genitiv (sv) c. or n.

Derived terms

Romanian

Noun

genitive n. pl.

  1. Plural form of genitiv.

 

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