genitive
A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possessionA word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession.
» Dative is the death of genitive.
Der Dativ ist der Tod des Genitivs. — MUIRIEL
Der Dativ ist des Genitivs Tod. — BraveSentry
Дательный – смерть родительного. — Ooneykcall
Ooneykcall · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable)A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession.
Genitiv
сло́во в роди́тельном падеже́slóvo v rodítelʹnom padežé
- the case expressing ownership
Examples
12 sentencesDative is the death of genitive.
ruДательный – смерть родительного. — Ooneykcall
deDer Dativ ist der Tod des Genitivs. — MUIRIEL
Dative spells the death of the genitive.
deDer Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod. — MUIRIEL
The genitive singular of "rosa" is "rosae".
deDer Genitiv Singular von „rosa“ lautet „rosae“. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Is the possessive case in English a full-fledged genitive?
Russian has six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, and prepositional.
ruВ русском языке шесть падежей: именительный, родительный, дательный, винительный, творительный и предложный. — marafon
deDie russische Sprache kennt sechs Fälle: Nominativ, Genitiv, Dativ, Akkusativ, Instrumentalis und Präpositiv. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English genetif (“pertaining to the genitive casThe adjective is derived from Late Middle English genetif (“pertaining to the genitive case; pertaining to the generation of offspring”) + English -ive (suffix meaning ‘relating or belonging to’ forming adjectives). Genetif is from Anglo-Norman genetif, genitif, and Middle French genetif, genitif (“pertaining to the generation of offspring, procreative; (grammar) pertaining to the genitive case”) (modern French génitif), and from their etymon Latin genetīvus (“pertaining to the generation of offspring; (grammar) pertaining to the genitive case”) (whence Late Latin genitivus), from genitus (“begotten, engendered; produced”) + -īvus (suffix meaning ‘doing’ or ‘related to doing’ forming adjectives). Genitus is the perfect passive participle of gignō (“to beget, give birth to; to produce, yield”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth; to produce”).
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Forms
plural: genitivesSynonyms
3 synonyms- the case expressing ownership:genitive casepossessivepossessive case
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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