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GENITIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The case expressing ownership
Synonyms:
genitive; genitive case; possessive; possessive case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("genitive" is a kind of...):
oblique; oblique case (any grammatical case other than the nominative)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genitive"):
attributive genitive; attributive genitive case (a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serving to express or indicate possession
Example:
the genitive endings
Synonyms:
genitive; possessive
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Pertainym:
genitive case (the case expressing ownership)
