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genitive case

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  • noun grammar Noun case used to express some relationship such as possession or origin. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition "of."

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  • noun the case expressing ownership

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. oblique
  2. oblique case

hyponyms (2)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. attributive genitive
  2. attributive genitive case

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. Grammatical cases

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