noun Download 🔗Share (grammar) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession. Examples : "The genitive case in Spanish shows possession, as in "la casa de mi padre" (the house of my father). " grammar language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (grammar) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession. Examples : ""In the sentence 'The student's book', the word 'student's' is a genitive, showing that the book belongs to the student." " grammar linguistics language word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (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. Examples : "The teacher explained the genitive case by showing how to form the possessive forms of nouns, like "John's book" or "the cat's toy." " grammar language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
