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Genitive - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Genitive : adj : serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive
pronouns"; "the genitive endings" [syn: possessive]
(noun)
1: the case expressing ownership [syn: genitive case, possessive
case]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Genitive : \Gen"i*tive\, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum,
to beget: cf. F. g['e]nitif. See Gender.] (Gram.)
Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin
and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It
corresponds to the possessive case in English.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Genitive : \Gen"i*tive\, n. (Gram.)
The genitive case.
Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the
ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Genitive |
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