| Noun | 1. | attributive genitive - a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective; "an example of the attributive genetive is `John's' in `John's mother'" |
| Adj. | 1. | attributive genitive - a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective; "an example of the attributive genitive is `John's' in `John's mother'" grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) attributive, prenominal - of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'" |