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Definitions for: Genitive [n] the case expressing ownership
[adj] (grammar) serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Gen"i*tive, n. (Gram.)
The genitive case.
Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the
ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.
Synonyms: genitive case, possessive, possessive case
See Also: oblique, oblique case
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