Meanings
noungenitive case (plural genitive cases)
plural genitive cases
- grammarThe grammatical case, chiefly applicable to nouns, used to express a relationship of origin or possession. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition of and the suffix -'s.
In very early times a man seems to have been known by a single name together with his father's name in the genitive case, e.g. Marcus Marci; […]
1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xivSynonyms: genitive
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe grammatical case, chiefly applicable to nouns, used to express a relationship of origin or possession. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition of and the suffix -'s.
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Translations
Ancient Greek γενική
- γενική (genikḗ)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Arabic حَالَة اَلْمُضَاف إِلَيْهِ, مَجْرُور
- حَالَة اَلْمُضَاف إِلَيْهِ (ḥalāt al-muḍāf ʔilayhi)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- مَجْرُور (majrūr)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Basque genitibo
- genitibogrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Bulgarian роди́телен паде́ж
- роди́телен паде́ж (rodítelen padéž)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Catalan genitiu
- genitiugrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Chinese Mandarin 屬格 /属格, 所有格
- 屬格 /属格 (shǔgé)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- 所有格 (suǒyǒugé)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Czech genitiv, druhý pád
- genitivgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- druhý pádgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Danish ejefald, genitiv
- ejefaldgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- genitivgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Dutch tweede naamval, genitief
- tweede naamvalgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- genitiefgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Esperanto genitivo
- genitivogrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Estonian omastav, genitiiv
- omastavgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- genitiivgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Finnish genetiivi, omanto
- genetiivigrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- omantogrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
French génitif
- génitifgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
German Genitiv, Wesfall
- Genitivgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- Wesfallgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- Wessenfallgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- zweiter Fallgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- Genetivgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- Genetivusgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- Herkunftsfallgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- Zeugefallgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- Genitivkasusgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- Genitiv-Kasusgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- Genetivkasusgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- Genetiv-Kasusgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Greek γενική
- γενική (genikí)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Hebrew יחס הקנײן
- יחס הקנײן (yakhas ha-knayn)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Hindi संबंध कारक
- संबंध कारक (sambandh kārak)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Hungarian birtokos eset
- birtokos esetgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Icelandic eignarfall
- eignarfallgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Irish ginideach
- ginideachgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Italian caso genitivo
- caso genitivogrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Japanese 属格, 生格
- 属格 (zokkaku)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- 生格 (seikaku)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Korean 속격
- 속격 (sokgyeok)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Latin cāsus genitīvus, genitīvus
- cāsus genitīvusgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- genitīvusgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- casus possessīvusgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Latvian ģenitīvs
- ģenitīvsgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Lithuanian kilmininkas
- kilmininkasgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Norwegian Bokmål genitiv
- genitivgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Polish dopełniacz
- dopełniaczgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Portuguese caso genitivo
- caso genitivogrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Romanian genitiv, cazul genitiv
- genitivgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- cazul genitivgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Russian роди́тельный паде́ж, генитив
- роди́тельный паде́ж (rodítelʹnyj padéž)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- генитив (genitiv)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- роди́тельный (rodítelʹnyj)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Scottish Gaelic tuiseal ginideach
- tuiseal ginideachgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Slovak druhý pád, genitív
- druhý pádgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- genitívgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Spanish genetivo, caso genitivo
- genetivogrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- caso genitivogrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Swedish genitiv
- genitivgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Thai สัมพันธการก
- สัมพันธการก (sǎm-pan-tá-gaa-rók)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Turkish tamlayan durumu, tamlayan hâli
- tamlayan durumugrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- tamlayan hâligrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Ukrainian родови́й відмі́нок, родови́й
- родови́й відмі́нок (rodovýj vidmínok)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- родови́й (rodovýj)grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Vietnamese sở hữu cách, cách sỡ hữu
- sở hữu cáchgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
- cách sỡ hữugrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
Welsh genidol
- genidolgrammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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