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Synonyms for genitive

Grammar : Adj
Spell : jen-i-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn ɪ tɪv

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Définition of genitive

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French genitif or directly from Latin (casus) genitivus "case expressing possession, source, origin," from genitus (past participle of gignere; see genital); misused by Latin grammarians to render Greek genike (ptosis) "generic (case)," expressing race or kind (see genus). The noun meaning "the genitive case in grammar" is from 1610s.
  • As in sexual : adj concerning reproduction, intercourse
Example sentences :
  • With the genitive to be supplied: brec þonne mste, 1488; imp.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
  • We have a genitive also in Flowerdew, found in French as Flourdieu.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • The genitive of material is rather the use of a noun as an adjective.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the Cornish Language » by Henry Jenner
  • In this case writers have been puzzled how to form the genitive.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Gaelic Grammar » by Alexander Stewart
  • The ejection of -na in the genitive plural; as of tunges for tungena.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • Of this the root is anat-, as seen in the genitive case anatis.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • No preposition, in the present English, governs a genitive case.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • The names are in the genitive case, as if dependent on sigillum, 'seal.'
  • Extract from : « Pompeii, Its Life and Art » by August Mau
  • And so we now have also the genitive Erin, as a poetical name of the island.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 116, January 17, 1852 » by Various
  • The genitive cases of the personal pronouns are most often adjectives.
  • Extract from : « The Bruce » by John Barbour

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