genitive case
See also: genitive-case
English
Noun
Examples |
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John's milk — John's is in the genitive (and in the possessive) case. |
genitive case (plural genitive cases)
- (grammar) Noun case used to express some relationship such as possession or origin. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition “of” and the suffix “'s”.
Translations
genitive — see genitive
See also
- Appendix:Grammatical cases
Further reading
genitive case on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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