Defenition of the word genitive

• Defenition of the word genitive

  • The case that marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun.
  • the case expressing ownership
  • (grammar) serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"
  • serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"
  • serving to express or indicate possession

Synonyms for the word genitive

• • genetive
  • genitive case
  • possessive
  • possessive case

Hyponyms for the word genitive

• • attributive genitive
  • attributive genitive case
  • partitive genitive

Hypernyms for the word genitive

• • case
  • oblique
  • oblique case

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