genitive

/ˈdʒɛnədɪv/
/ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv/
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Other forms: genitives

Definitions of genitive
  1. adjective
    serving to express or indicate possession
    “the genitive endings”
    synonyms: possessive
  2. noun
    the case expressing ownership
    synonyms: genitive case, possessive, possessive case
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    types:
    attributive genitive, attributive genitive case
    a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective
    type of:
    oblique, oblique case
    any grammatical case other than the nominative
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