genitive
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- genetive (rare)
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
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 edit
of or pertaining to the case of possession
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Noun edit
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.
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inflection pattern
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word in the genitive inflection
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡe.niˈtiː.u̯e/, [ɡɛnɪˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.niˈti.ve/, [d͡ʒeniˈt̪iːve]
Adjective edit
genitīve
Romanian edit
Noun edit
genitive