EGAVE

genitive

About 0.83 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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.
    dependent genitive
  2. 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.
    dependent genitive
  3. adjective Of, pertaining to, or used in the genitive case.
  4. adjective Of or pertaining to the generation of offspring; generative, procreative, reproductive.
  5. noun Ellipsis of genitive case (“a grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession”).
  6. noun A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession.

Similar words

possessive case genitive case possessive adnominal epexegetical partitive genitival possessival essive ornative

Often followed by

case of plural singular is and in form or

Word family

genitives

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