genitive
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Renaissance Latin casus genitīvus, literally "case pertaining to origin, birth", from genitus the perfect passive participle of gignō (“beget”).
Adjective [edit]
genitive (not comparable)
- (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.
Translations [edit]
of or pertaining to the case of possession
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Noun [edit]
genitive (countable and uncountable; plural genitives)
- (grammar, uncountable) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
- (grammar, countable) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.
Translations [edit]
inflection pattern
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word in the genitive inflection
Derived terms [edit]
Romanian [edit]
Noun [edit]
genitive
- Plural form of genitiv