genitive

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Adjective

genitive (not comparable)

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

Translations

• French: génitif, génitive
• German: genitivisch, genetivisch (rarer)
• Portuguese: genitivo
• Russian: роди́тельный
• Spanish: genitivo

Noun

genitive

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

Translations

• French: génitif
• German: Genitiv, Wesfall, Wessenfall, zweiter Fall, Genetiv (obsolete), Genetivus (obsolete), Herkunftsfall (obsolete), Zeugefall (obsolete), Genitivkasus, Genitiv-Kasus, Genetivkasus (obsolete), Genetiv-Kasus (obsolete)
• Italian: caso genitivo
• Portuguese: caso genitivo
• Russian: роди́тельный паде́ж
• Spanish: genetivo, caso genitivo

Translations

• Portuguese: genitivo
• Russian: сло́во в роди́тельном падеже́

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