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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the case expressing ownership;
[syn: genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. serving to express or indicate possession;
- Example: "possessive pronouns"
- Example: "the genitive endings"
[syn: possessive, genitive]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. g['e]nitif. See Gender.] (Gram.) 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, n. (Gram.) The genitive case. [1913 Webster] Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

genitive adj 1: serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings" [syn: possessive, genitive] n 1: the case expressing ownership [syn: genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case]