Meanings
adjectivegenitival (comparative more genitival, superlative most genitival)
comparative more genitival · superlative most genitival
- grammarHaving genitive form; pertaining to, expressing, or derived from, the genitive case.
genitival adverb
Origin
- Englishgenitive
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishgenitival
Translations
Finnish genetiivinen
- genetiivinenof or pertaining to genitive case
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with genitival
arrivalsurvivalrivalrevivalgingivalconjunctivaladjectivalarchrivalnivalperspectivalsubgingivalinfinitivalablativalaccusativalbuccogingivalcorneoconjunctivalcorrivaldativaldeprivalderivaldiminutivaldistogingivalestivalgerundival
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Cite this entry
APA
genitival. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genitival
MLA
“genitival.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genitival. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genitival,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genitival.
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