genetive
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alternative form of genitive, compare Latin genetivus with genitivus.
Noun
[edit]genetive (plural genetives)
- (rare) Alternative spelling of genitive
- 1894, James Henry Breasted tr. Adolf Erman, Egyptian Grammar [1]
- This older kind of genetive is apparently expressed only by the position of the two substantives, in which the governing word stands before the governed:
- pr i̓mn “House of Amon.”
- This older kind of genetive is apparently expressed only by the position of the two substantives, in which the governing word stands before the governed:
- 1894, James Henry Breasted tr. Adolf Erman, Egyptian Grammar [1]
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]genetīve