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genitive
[ jen-i-tiv ]
adjective
- (in certain inflected languages) noting a case of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, used primarily to express possession, measure, or origin: as John's hat, week's vacation, duty's call.
- noting an affix or other element characteristic of this case, or a word containing such an element.
- similar to such a case form in function or meaning.
noun
- the genitive case.
- a word in the genitive case.
- a construction noting this case or the relationship usually expressed by it.
genitive
/ ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv; ˌdʒɛnɪˈtaɪvəl /
adjective
- denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in inflected languages used to indicate a relation of ownership or association, usually translated by English of
noun
- the genitive case
- a word or speech element in this case
Derived Forms
- ˌԾˈپ, adverb
- genitival, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ··پ· [jen-i-, tahy, -v, uh, l], adjective
- i·پv· adverb
- ܲ·i·پ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of genitive1
Example Sentences
But Toni Morrison’s is not an adjective, like red or beautiful; it’s a noun phrase in genitive case.
Similarly, names unable to accommodate the endings required by the nominative, accusative, genitive and dative cases used in Icelandic are also routinely turned down.
During the Force Majeure show, Izzard gets to grips with German sentence structure and declensions, earning knowing applause from the Berlin crowd for his perfect use of the fiendishly tricky genitive case at one stage.
The genitive you are mine / is a phrase I cherished only when I'd moved on / and couldn't use it.
Who cares, so far as the matter of it is concerned, whether we say hominum or hominorum in the genitive plural, interesting as the fact may be for the philologist?
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