Genitive

['dʒenɪtɪv] or ['dʒɛnətɪv]

Definition

(noun.) the case expressing ownership.

Edited by Lancelot--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

(n.) The genitive case.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Possessive.

Editor: Vlad

Definition

adj. (gram.) applied to a case properly denoting the class or kind to which a thing belongs represented in modern English by the possessive case.—adj. Genitī′val.

Editor: Warren