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Meaning of Genitive | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtɪv

Definitions

Ellipsis of genitive case (“a grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession”).
abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession.
countable

Equivalents

العربية إضافي المضاف إليه جري خفضي

Azərbaycanca yiyəlik

Беларуская родны

Български родителен

Bosanski genitiv генитив илик

Català genitiu

Čeština druhý pád genitiv genitivní Kolína

Cymraeg genidol

Dansk genitiv

Deutsch genetivisch Genitiv genitivisch Genitivus

Ελληνικά γενική

Español genitivo

Eesti omastav

فارسی اضافه

Suomi genetiivi genetiivinen omanto

Français génitif génitive

Gaeilge ginideach

हिन्दी षष्ठी विभक्ति

Hrvatski genitiv генитив илик

Magyar birtokos

Հայերեն սեռական

Italiano genitivo

日本語属格生格

ქართული ნათესაობითი

Қазақша ілік

Kurdî genîtîf genîtîv

Кыргызча илик

Latina genetivus

Latviešu ģenitīvs

Nederlands genitief

Polski dopełniacz

Português genitivo

Română genitiv

Русский родительный сло́во в роди́тельном падеже́

Slovenčina genitívny

Shqip gjinore

Српски genitiv генитив илик

Svenska genitiv

Türkçe tamlayan tamlayan durumu

Українська багатьох декількох небагатьох родовий

Examples

“Nounes, Pronounes, and Participles are declin'd vvith ſix Endings, vvhich are called Caſes, both in the Singular and Plural Number. The Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accuſative, Vocative, and Ablative. […] The Genitive is Engliſht vvith this Sign of, as Libri of a Book.”

“This one vvord familia joyn'd vvith pater, mater, filius, or filia, endeth the Genitive in as, as pater familias, but ſomtimes familiæ.”

“This older kind of genetive [i.e., the direct genetive] is apparently expressed only by the position of the two substantives, in which the governing word stands before the governed: pr:Z1-i-mn:n-A40 pr i̓mn "House of Amon."”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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