genitive

See also: Genitive and génitive

English

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genitive

Alternative forms

genetive (rare)

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin cāsus genitīvus (literally “case pertaining to origin, birth”) (also spelled cāsus genetīvus), from genitus, the perfect passive participle of gignō (“beget”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnətɪv/, enPR: jĕ'nətĭv
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧tive

Adjective

genitive (not comparable)

(grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses a quality, origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
The student who had taken a German exam realised his error afterwards. He had used the dative case instead of the genitive case to show possession.

Translations

of or pertaining to the case of possession

Arabic: إِضَافِيّ (ʔiḍāfiyy), جَرِّيّ (jarriyy), خَفْضِيّ (ḵafḍiyy)
Armenian: սեռական (hy) (seṙakan)
Azerbaijani: yiyəlik (az)
Basque: genitibo
Belarusian: ро́дны (ródny)
Bulgarian: роди́телен (rodítelen)
Catalan: genitiu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 所有的 (suǒyǒu de)
Czech: genitivní
Danish: genitiv (da)
Dutch: genitief (nl) m
Estonian: omastav (et)
Finnish: genetiivi- (fi), genetiivinen
French: génitif (fr) m, génitive (fr) f
Galician: xenitivo m
Georgian: ნათესაობითი (ka) (natesaobiti), გენიტივი (geniṭivi)
German: genitivisch (de), genetivisch m (rarer)
Greek:
Ancient: γενική (genikḗ)
Hebrew: יחס הקניין / יַחַס הַקִּנְיָן m (yákhas ha-kinyán)
Hungarian: birtokos (hu)
Indonesian: genitif (id)
Icelandic: eignarfalls- (is) (in compounds)
Irish: ginideach (ga)
Japanese: 属格 (ja) (ぞっかく, zokkaku), (for Slavic) 生格 (ja) (せいかく, seikaku)
Kazakh: ілік (ılık)
Kyrgyz: илик (ky) (ilik)
Latin: genetīvus (la)
Latvian: ģenitīvs (lv)
Old English: ġestrīenendlīċ, ġeāgniġendlīċ
Polish: dopełniacz (pl)
Portuguese: genitivo (pt)
Romanian: genitiv (ro)
Russian: роди́тельный (ru) (rodítelʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: ginideach
Slovak: genitívny
Slovene: rodilniški
Spanish: genitivo (es)
Swedish: genitiv (sv)
Turkish: tamlayan (tr)
Ukrainian: родо́ви́й (uk) (rodóvýj)
Welsh: genidol

Noun

genitive (countable and uncountable, plural genitives)

(grammar, uncountable) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
(grammar, countable) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.

Translations

inflection pattern

Albanian: gjinore (sq) f
Arabic: حَالَة اَلْمُضَاف إِلَيْهِ f (ḥalāt al-muḍāf ʔilayhi), مَجْرُور m (majrūr)
Armenian: սեռական հոլով (hy) (seṙakan holov)
Basque: genitibo
Belarusian: ро́дны склон m (ródny sklon), ро́дны m (ródny)
Bulgarian: роди́телен паде́ж m (rodítelen padéž)
Carpathian Rusyn: ґенітів m (genitiv)
Catalan: genitiu (ca) m
Chechen: доланиг дожар (dolanig dožar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 屬格／属格 (zh) (shǔgé), 所有格 (zh) (suǒyǒugé)
Czech: genitiv (cs) m, druhý pád m
Danish: ejefald n, genitiv (da) c
Dutch: tweede naamval (nl) m, genitief (nl) m
Erzya: чачтниця (čačtńića)
Esperanto: genitivo (eo)
Estonian: omastav (et), genitiiv (et)
Faroese: hvørsfall (fo) n
Finnish: genetiivi (fi), omanto (fi)
French: génitif (fr) m
Georgian: ნათესაობითი (ka) (natesaobiti), ნათესაობითი ბრუნვა (ka) (natesaobiti brunva), გენიტივი (geniṭivi)
German: Genitiv (de) m, Wesfall (de) m, Wessenfall m, zweiter Fall m, Genetiv (de) m (obsolete), Genetivus m (obsolete), Herkunftsfall m (obsolete), Zeugefall m (obsolete), Genitivkasus m, Genitiv-Kasus m, Genetivkasus m (obsolete), Genetiv-Kasus m (obsolete)
Greek: γενική (el) f (genikí)
Ancient: γενική f (genikḗ)
Hebrew: יחס הקנײן m (yakhas ha-knayn)
Hungarian: birtokos eset (hu)
Icelandic: eignarfall (is) n
Ingrian: genetiivi
Irish: ginideach (ga) m
Italian: caso genitivo m
Japanese: 属格 (ja) (ぞっかく, zokkaku), 生格 (ja) (せいかく, seikaku) (for Slavic languages)
Korean: 속격 (ko) (sokgyeok)
Latin: cāsus genitīvus m, genitīvus m, casus possessīvus
Latvian: ģenitīvs (lv) m
Lithuanian: kilmininkas (lt) m
Middle Persian: 'wbš
Mongolian: харьяалахын тийн ялгал (xarʹjaalaxyn tiin jalgal), харьяалах (mn) (xarʹjaalax)
Northern Sami: genitiiva
Norwegian:
Bokmål: genitiv (no) m

Nynorsk: genitiv (nn) m, eigefall n
Old English: gestrīenendlīc, geāgniendlīc
Polish: dopełniacz (pl) m inan
Portuguese: caso genitivo m
Romanian: genitiv (ro) n, cazul genitiv n
Russian: роди́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (rodítelʹnyj padéž), генитив (ru) m (genitiv), роди́тельный (ru) m (rodítelʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal ginideach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ге̏нитӣв m

Roman: gȅnitīv (sh) m
Slovak: druhý pád m, genitív (sk) m
Slovene: rodilnik (sl) m
Spanish: genetivo m, caso genitivo m
Swedish: genitiv (sv) c
Telugu: షష్ఠీ విభక్తి (te) (ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti)
Thai: สัมพันธการก (th)
Turkish: tamlayan durumu (tr), tamlayan hâli (tr)
Ukrainian: родови́й відмі́нок (uk) m (rodovýj vidmínok), родови́й (uk) m (rodovýj)
Vietnamese: sở hữu cách, cách sỡ hữu
Volapük: kimafal, genitif (vo)
Votic: genetiivi
Welsh: genidol m

word in the genitive inflection

Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 所有格的詞／所有格的词 (suǒyǒugé de cí)
Finnish: genetiivi (fi), omanto (fi)
Georgian: სიტყვა ნათესაობით ბრუნვაში (siṭq̇va natesaobit brunvaši)
German: Genitiv (de) m
Irish: ginideach (ga)
Polish: dopełniacz (pl) m inan
Portuguese: genitivo (pt) m
Romanian: genitiv (ro) n
Russian: сло́во в роди́тельном падеже́ n (slóvo v rodítelʹnom padežé)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ге̏нитӣв m

Roman: gȅnitīv (sh) m
Swedish: genitiv (sv) c or n
Turkish: tamlayan (tr)
Welsh: genidol m

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.niˈtiː.u̯e/, [ɡɛnɪˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.niˈti.ve/, [d͡ʒeniˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

genitīve

vocative masculine singular of genitīvus

Romanian

Noun

genitive

plural of genitiv