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The meaning of the word "Genitive" in English


Genitive 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 possessive case in English.

Genitive n. : The genitive case.

Example:
When counting between 2 - 4 Russian adjectival nouns do you use the plural Genitive as opposed to the single ?

Taxonomy
genitive, genitive case, possessive, English, pronouns, possession, marker, languages, possessor, Adverbial genitive, Finnish, music, Objective genitive, sentences, relationships, accusative, wife, king of Sparta.

Defination from the web:
genitive case (also called the possessive case or second case) is the case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. ... Many languages have a genitive case, including Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Icelandic, ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) possessive
  (adjective) oblique
  (noun) genitive case
  (noun) possessive
  (noun) possessive case
  (noun) oblique
  (noun) oblique case
related terms
  (adjective) oblique case


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