Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtɪv/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈd͡ʒɛnətɪv/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ˈdʒɛnətɪv
Adjective
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), expressing origin or possession; possessive.
Usage- not-comparable
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dependent genitive
independent genitive
More examples (5)
The 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.
[T]he poticaries and barbarus wryters call it [the iris] Irios in the genetiue caſe.
Nouns Subſtantive have five Declenſions or forms of ending thir Caſes, chiefly diſtinguiſht by the different ending of thir Genitive Singular. […] The firſt [declension] is vvhen the Genitive and Dative ſingular end in æ, &c., […]
Two kinds of genitive: All nouns have a genitive form, but pronouns have two of them. The dependent genitive form is used before a head noun, and the independent genitive form (usually distinct) is used on its own but with a genitive-related meaning. […] my painting, where my is the dependent genitive of I, but That painting is mine, where mine is the independent genitive […]
Establishments that feature their owners' names, with signs like "Rosi's Bar" or "Kati's Kiosk" are a common sight around German towns and cities, but strictly speaking they are wrong: unlike English, German does not traditionally use apostrophes to indicate the genitive case or possession.
Of, pertaining to, or used in the genitive case.
Usage- not-comparable
Of or pertaining to the generation of offspring; generative, procreative, reproductive.
Usage- Archaic
- not-comparable
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Noun
A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession.
Usage- Countable
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This one vvord familia joyn'd vvith pater, mater, filius, or filia, endeth the Genitive in as, as pater familias, but ſomtimes familiæ.
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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."
Adjective
serving to express or indicate possession
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possessive pronouns
the genitive endings
Noun
the case expressing ownership
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