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In some senses, genitive is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
ablative, accusative, all, ative, basic, dative, definite, dependent
VERB + GENITIVE
form, full-fledged, functions
GENITIVE + NOUN
accu, case, der, objective, rosa, russian
PREP.
in
ADV.
instead
adj
Of or pertaining to the generation of offspring; generative, procreative, reproductive.
Of a grammatical case: in an inflected language (such as Greek or Latin), expressing that a thing denoted by a word is related to a thing denoted by another word as its origin or possessor; and in an uninflected language (such as English),
dependent genitive
independent genitive
Of, pertaining to, or used in the genitive case.
noun
Ellipsis of genitive case (“a grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession”).
Nounes, Pronounes, and Participles are declin'd vvith ſix Endings, vvhich are called Caſes, both in the Singular and Plural Number. The Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accuſative, Vocative, and Ablative. […] The Genitive is Engliſht vvith this Sign of, as Libri of a Book.
A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession.
This one vvord familia joyn'd vvith pater, mater, filius, or filia, endeth the Genitive in as, as pater familias, but ſomtimes familiæ.
This older kind of genetive [i.e., the direct genetive] is apparently expressed only by the position of the two substantives, in which the governing word stands before the governed: pr:Z1-i-mn:n-A40 pr i̓mn "House of Amon."
noun — the case expressing ownership
adjective — serving to express or indicate possession
dependent genitive
Wiktionaryindependent genitive
WiktionaryThe 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.
WiktionaryNounes, Pronounes, and Participles are declin'd vvith ſix Endings, vvhich are called Caſes, both in the Singular and Plural Number. The Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accuſative, Vocative, and Ablative
WiktionaryThis one vvord familia joyn'd vvith pater, mater, filius, or filia, endeth the Genitive in as, as pater familias, but ſomtimes familiæ.
WiktionaryThis older kind of genetive [i.e., the direct genetive] is apparently expressed only by the position of the two substantives, in which the governing word stands before the governed: pr:Z1-i-mn:n-A40 p
Wiktionaryi Register
In some senses, genitive is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.