What does genitive mean?
Definitions for genitive
ˈdʒɛn ɪ tɪvgen·i·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive caseadjective
the case expressing ownership
possessive, genitiveadjective
serving to express or indicate possession
"possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"
Wiktionary
genitivenoun
An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
genitivenoun
A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.
genitiveadjective
Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
Etymology: From Renaissance Latin casus genitivus, literally "case pertaining to origin, birth", from genitus the perfect passive participle of gigno.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Genitiveadjective
In grammar, the name of a case, which, among other relations, signifies one begotten, as, the father of a son;
Etymology: genitivus, Latin.
Wikipedia
genitive
In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated gen) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can also serve purposes indicating other relationships. For example, some verbs may feature arguments in the genitive case; and the genitive case may also have adverbial uses (see adverbial genitive). Genitive construction includes the genitive case, but is a broader category. Placing a modifying noun in the genitive case is one way of indicating that it is related to a head noun, in a genitive construction. However, there are other ways to indicate a genitive construction. For example, many Afroasiatic languages place the head noun (rather than the modifying noun) in the construct state. Possessive grammatical constructions, including the possessive case, may be regarded as a subset of genitive construction. For example, the genitive construction "pack of dogs" is similar, but not identical in meaning to the possessive case "dogs' pack" (and neither of these is entirely interchangeable with "dog pack", which is neither genitive nor possessive). Modern English is an example of a language that has a possessive case rather than a conventional genitive case. That is, Modern English indicates a genitive construction with either the possessive clitic suffix "-'s", or a prepositional genitive construction such as "x of y". However, some irregular English pronouns do have possessive forms which may more commonly be described as genitive (see English possessive). The names of the astronomical constellations have genitive forms which are used in star names, for example the star Mintaka in the constellation Orion (genitive Orionis) is also known as Delta Orionis or 34 Orionis. Many languages have a genitive case, including Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Gothic, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Nepali, Romanian, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Swedish, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish and all Slavic languages except Bulgarian and Macedonian.
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genitive
The genitive is a grammatical case that primarily shows a relationship of possession or ownership. It is used in various languages, including English, to indicate relationships between nouns, typically with meanings such as ownership ('John's book'), composition ('a group of students') or origin ('the city of Paris'). In some languages, it also includes objectives of verbs and prepositions and descriptions of characteristics.
Webster Dictionary
Genitiveadjective
of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English
Genitivenoun
the genitive case
Etymology: [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. gnitif. See Gender.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Genitive
jen′i-tiv, adj. (gram.) applied to a case properly denoting the class or kind to which a thing belongs, represented in modern English by the possessive case.—adj. Genitī′val. [L. genitivus (gignĕre, genitum, to beget), as if indicating origin, a mistranslation of Gr. genikos—genos, a class.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of genitive in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of genitive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- مجرور, إضَافيّ, جَرِّي, حالة المضاف إليهArabic
- ро́дны склонBelarusian
- родителен падеж, родителенBulgarian
- genitiuCatalan, Valencian
- доланиг дожарChechen
- genitivní, druhý pád, genitivCzech
- ejefaldDanish
- genitivisch, GenitivGerman
- γενικήGreek
- genitivoEsperanto
- caso genitivo, genetivo, genitivoSpanish
- genitiiv, omastavEstonian
- genetiivinen, genetiiviFinnish
- hvørsfallFaroese
- génitive, génitifFrench
- ginideach, tuiseal ginideachScottish Gaelic
- xenitivoGalician
- יחס הקנײןHebrew
- birtokos, birtokos esetHungarian
- սեռական հոլովArmenian
- eignarfallIcelandic
- caso genitivoItalian
- 生格, 属格Japanese
- ნათესაობითიGeorgian
- genetivusLatin
- kilmininkasLithuanian
- ģenitīvsLatvian
- харьяалахын тийн ялгал, харьяалахMongolian
- genitief, tweede naamvalDutch
- genitivNorwegian
- dopełniaczPolish
- caso genitivo, genitivoPortuguese
- cazul genitiv, genitivRomanian
- родительный, генитив, родительный падеж, слово в родительном падежеRussian
- генитив, genitivSerbo-Croatian
- genitív, druhý pádSlovak
- rodilniški, rodilnikSlovene
- genitivSwedish
- షష్ఠీ విభక్తిTelugu
- durumu, tamlayanTurkish
- sinh cáchVietnamese
- kimafal, genitifVolapük
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