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English

Etymology

From Latin genitus, the substantive form of genitalis meaning "pertaining to generation or birth", from the Greek genete, (birth).

Adjective

genitive (not comparable)

Positive genitive

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. (grammar) 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.

Noun

Singular genitive

Plural countable and uncountable; plural genitives

genitive (countable and uncountable; plural genitives)

  1. (grammar) (uncountable) The genitive case; the inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
  2. (grammar) (countable) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.

Translations

the genitive case
  • Arabic: حَالةُ المُضَافِ إلَيْه (ħáːltu l-muɖáːfi iléyh), مَجْرُور (madžrúːr)
  • Armenian: սեռական hy(hy) (seṙakan)
  • Bosnian: genitiv bs(bs) m.
  • Bulgarian: родителен падеж (rodítelen padéž) m.
  • Catalan: genitiu m.
  • Croatian: gȅnitīv hr(hr) m.
  • Czech: genitiv cs(cs) m., druhý pád cs(cs) m.
  • Danish: ejefald
  • Dutch: genitief nl(nl) m., tweede naamval nl(nl) m.
  • Finnish: genetiivi, omanto (obsolete)
  • French: génitif fr(fr) m.
  • Georgian: ნათესაობითი ka(ka) (nat'esaobit'i)
  • German: Genitiv de(de) m.
  • Greek: γενική el(el) (yenikí) f.
a word in the genitive inflection

Derived terms

Romanian

Noun

genitive n. pl.

  1. Plural form of genitiv.

 

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