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genitive

DEFINITIONS OF: genitive

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adj serving to express or indicate possession

“the genitive endings”
Synonyms:
possessive

n the case expressing ownership

Synonyms:
genitive case, possessive, possessive case
Types:
attributive genitive, attributive genitive case
a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective
Type of:
oblique, oblique case
any grammatical case other than the nominative
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