Associations to the word «Genitive»
Noun
- Dependent
- Gin
- Concord
- Homestead
- Spelling
- Rus
- Substitution
- Om
- Veda
- Berg
- Express
- Contraction
- Nu
- Annexation
- Ko
- Lan
- Va
- Os
- Farm
- Malayalam
- Lar
- European
- Etymology
- Ar
- Greek
- Euro
- Remnant
- Argument
- Equivalent
- Merger
- Ja
- Variant
- Root
- Isolation
- Ti
- Person
- Objective
- Belonging
- Locality
- Te
- Romance
- Harmony
- Dis
- Mare
- Pattern
- Si
- Tendency
- Gram
- Origin
- Designation
- Meadow
- Irish
- Same
- Mac
Adjective
Wiktionary
GENITIVE, adjective. (grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
GENITIVE, noun. (grammar) (uncountable) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
GENITIVE, noun. (grammar) (countable) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.
GENITIVE CASE, noun. (grammar) Noun case used to express some relationship such as possession or origin. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition "of."
GENITIVE CASES, noun. Plural of genitive case
Dictionary definition
GENITIVE, noun. The case expressing ownership.
GENITIVE, adjective. Serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.