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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Genitive

/jĕ'nətĭv/ · Gen·i·tive · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛnətɪv/
01 a. Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the po…
  1. 1.
    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.(Gram.)
02 n. The genitive case.
  1. 1.
    The genitive case.(Gram.)
Phrases & compounds
Genitive absolute — a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.