genitive
English
editAlternative forms
edit- genetive (rare)
Etymology
editFrom Renaissance Latin cāsus genitīvus (literally “case pertaining to origin, birth”) (also spelled cāsus genetīvus), from genitus, the perfect passive participle of gignō (“beget”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnətɪv/, enPR: jĕ'nətĭv
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧tive
Adjective
editgenitive (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses a quality, origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
- The student who had taken a German exam realised his error afterwards. He had used the dative case instead of the genitive case to show possession.
Translations
editof or pertaining to the case of possession
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Noun
editgenitive (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
editinflection pattern
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word in the genitive inflection
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Derived terms
editSee also
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡe.niˈtiː.u̯e/, [ɡɛnɪˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.niˈti.ve/, [d͡ʒeniˈt̪iːve]
Adjective
editgenitīve
Romanian
editNoun
editgenitive
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