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Genitive - What does it mean?

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genitive

English

(wikipedia genitive)

Adjective

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  • (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

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

    • Derived terms

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.