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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, adjective [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. g['e]nitif. See {Gender}.] (Gram.) 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, noun (Gram.) The genitive case.
{Genitive absolute}, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See {Ablative absolute}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
genitive
adjective: serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings" [syn: {possessive}]
noun: the case expressing ownership [syn: {genitive case}, {possessive case}]
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