possessival
English edit
Etymology edit
possessive + -al
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɪvəl
Adjective edit
possessival (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to the possessive case.
- 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
- It looks as if the possessival termination had detached itself in the form of es or is
References edit
“possessival”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.