genitive
IPA: dʒˈɛnʌtɪv
noun
- (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.
adjective
- (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.
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Examples of "genitive" in Sentences
- So here it looks like the double genitive is the best option.
- This zero grade form is attested in the dative, but not in the genitive, which is odd.
- Such a genitive, denoting the whole of which a part is taken, is called a «partitive genitive».
- But here’s what’s weird about Kilpatrick’s argument: he claims that the double genitive is wasteful.
- Words denoting a part are often used with the genitive of the whole, known as _the partitive genitive_.
- _Words denoting a part are often used with the genitive of the whole, known as the «partitive genitive».
- The possessive genitive often stands in the predicate, especially after the forms of «sum», and is then called the _predicate genitive_.
- The genitive is the most interesting case in English, since it is the only one that you have a choice to use (as you could make an of-genitive as well).
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