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Word: Genitive
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from Old French genitif, -ive or Latin genitivus (casus) ‘(case) of production or origin’, from gignere ‘beget’
ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv
relating to or denoting a case of nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them) indicating possession or close association.
Short Definition:of case of nouns and pronouns indicating possession or close association
Word: Genitive
Speech Type: Noun
ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv
a word in the genitive case.
Short Definition:word in genitive case
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