genitive (redirected from genitives)

gen·i·tive  (jn-tv)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case expressing possession, measurement, or source.

2. Of or relating to an affix or construction, such as a prepositional phrase, characteristic of the genitive case.

n.

1. The genitive case.

2. A word or form in the genitive case.

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[Middle English genetif, from Latin genetvus, from genitus, past participle of gignere, to beget; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

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genitive

Noun

Grammar a grammatical case in some languages used to indicate a relation of ownership or association [Latin genetivus relating to birth]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	genitive - the case expressing ownership genitive case, possessive, possessive case oblique, oblique case - any grammatical case other than the nominative attributive genitive, attributive genitive case - 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.	genitive - serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings" possessive grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

Translations

genitive [ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv] n → genitivo

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genitive [ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv] n → génitif m

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genitive [ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv] n → Genitiv m

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genitive [ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv] n → genitivo

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genitive

n genitive [ˈdʒenitiv]

(the case or form of) a noun, pronoun etc which shows possession In John's hat, `John's' is in the genitive / is a genitive; (also adjective ) the genitive case. genitief حالة المُلْكِيَّه родителен падеж genitiv; genitivní genitiv; ejefald der Genitiv γενική (γραμμ.) genitivo omastav حالت ملکی genetiivi génitif של יחס הקניין सम्बन्ध कारक genitiv birtokos eset genitif eignarfall genitivo 所有格 소유격; 소유격의 kilmininkas ģenitīvs; ģenitīva- genetif genitief genitiv, eieform dopełniacz genitivo ge­ni­tiv родительный падеж genitív; genitívny rodilnik; rodilniški genitiv genitiv คำแสดงความเป็นเจ้าของ ...-in hali, iyelik hali 所有格 родовий відмінок اسم یا ضمیر کی وہ حالت جو نسبت یا ملکیت کو ظاہر کرے (ngôn ngữ học) cách sở hữu 所有格