genitive

genitive

See also: Genitive and génitive

English

Alternative forms

• genetive (rare)

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin cāsus genitīvus (literally “case pertaining to origin, birth”) (also spelled cāsus genetīvus), from genitus, the perfect passive participle of gignō (“beget”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnətɪv/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧tive

Adjective

genitive (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses a quality, origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

   The student who had taken a German exam realised his error afterwards. He had used the dative case instead of the genitive case to show possession.

Translations

of or pertaining to the case of possession

Arabic: إِضَافِيّ‎ (ʾiḍāfiyy), جَرِّيّ‎ (jarriyy), خَفْضِيّ‎ (ḵafḍiyy) Armenian: սեռական (hy) (seṙakan) Azerbaijani: yiyəlik (az) Basque: genitibo Belarusian: ро́дны (ródny) Bulgarian: роди́телен (rodítelen) Catalan: genitiu (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 所有的 (suǒyǒu de) Czech: genitivní Danish: genitiv (da) Dutch: genitief (nl) m Estonian: omastav (et) Finnish: genetiivi- (fi), genetiivinen French: génitif (fr) m, génitive (fr) f Galician: xenitivo m Georgian: ნათესაობითი (ka) (natesaobiti), გენიტივი (geniṭivi) German: genitivisch (de), genetivisch m (rarer) Greek: Ancient: γενική (genikḗ) Hebrew: יחס הקניין / יַחַס הַקִּנְיָן‎ m (yákhas ha-kinyán) Hungarian: birtokos (hu) Icelandic: eignarfalls- (is) (in compounds) Irish: ginideach (ga) Japanese: 属格 (ja) (ぞっかく, zokkaku), (for Slavic) 生格 (ja) (せいかく, seikaku) Kazakh: ілік (ılık) Kyrgyz: илик (ky) (ilik) Latin: genetīvus (la) Latvian: ģenitīvs (lv) Old English: ġestrīenendlīċ, ġeāgniġendlīċ Polish: dopełniacz (pl) Portuguese: genitivo (pt) Romanian: genitiv (ro) Russian: роди́тельный (ru) (rodítelʹnyj) Scottish Gaelic: ginideach Slovak: genitívny Slovene: rodilniški Spanish: genitivo (es) Swedish: genitiv (sv) Turkish: tamlayan (tr) Ukrainian: родо́ви́й (uk) (rodóvýj) Welsh: genidol

Noun

genitive (countable and uncountable, plural genitives)

1. (grammar, uncountable) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
2. (grammar, countable) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.

Translations

inflection pattern

Albanian: gjinore (sq) f Arabic: حَالَة اَلْمُضَاف إِلَيْهِ‎ f (ḥalāt al-muḍāf ʾilayhi), مَجْرُور‎ m (majrūr) Armenian: սեռական հոլով (hy) (seṙakan holov) Basque: genitibo Belarusian: ро́дны склон m (ródny sklon), ро́дны m (ródny) Bulgarian: роди́телен паде́ж m (rodítelen padéž) Catalan: genitiu (ca) m Chechen: доланиг дожар (dolanig dožar) Chinese: Mandarin: 屬格／属格 (zh) (shǔgé), 所有格 (zh) (suǒyǒugé) Czech: genitiv (cs) m, druhý pád m Danish: ejefald ? Dutch: tweede naamval (nl) m, genitief (nl) m Erzya: чачтниця (čačtnicja) Esperanto: genitivo (eo) Estonian: omastav (et), genitiiv (et) Faroese: hvørsfall (fo) n Finnish: genetiivi (fi), omanto (fi) French: génitif (fr) m Georgian: ნათესაობითი (ka) (natesaobiti), ნათესაობითი ბრუნვა (ka) (natesaobiti brunva), გენიტივი (geniṭivi) German: Genitiv (de) m, Wesfall (de) m, Wessenfall m, zweiter Fall m, Genetiv (de) m (obsolete), Genetivus m (obsolete), Herkunftsfall m (obsolete), Zeugefall m (obsolete), Genitivkasus m, Genitiv-Kasus m, Genetivkasus m (obsolete), Genetiv-Kasus m (obsolete) Greek: γενική (el) f (genikí) Ancient: γενική f (genikḗ) Hebrew: יחס הקנײן‎ m (yakhas ha-knayn) Hungarian: birtokos eset (hu) Icelandic: eignarfall (is) n Ingrian: genetiivi Irish: ginideach (ga) m Italian: caso genitivo m Japanese: 属格 (ja) (ぞっかく, zokkaku), 生格 (ja) (せいかく, seikaku) Korean: 속격 (ko) (sokgyeok) Latin: cāsus genitīvus m, genitīvus m, casus possessīvus Latvian: ģenitīvs (lv) m Lithuanian: kilmininkas (lt) m Middle Persian: 'wbš Mongolian: харьяалахын тийн ялгал (xarʹjaalaxyn tiin jalgal), харьяалах (mn) (xarʹjaalax) Northern Sami: genitiiva Norwegian: genitiv (no) m Old English: gestrīenendlīc, geāgniendlīc Polish: dopełniacz (pl) m inan Portuguese: caso genitivo m Romanian: cazul genitiv m Russian: роди́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (rodítelʹnyj padéž), генитив (ru) m (genitiv), роди́тельный (ru) m (rodítelʹnyj) Rusyn: ґенітів m (genitiv) Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal ginideach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ге̏нитӣв m Roman: gȅnitīv (sh) m Slovak: druhý pád m, genitív (sk) m Slovene: rodilnik (sl) m Spanish: genetivo m, caso genitivo m Swedish: genitiv (sv) Telugu: షష్ఠీ విభక్తి (te) (ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti) Thai: สัมพันธการก (th) Turkish: tamlayan durumu (tr), tamlayan hâli (tr) Ukrainian: родови́й відмі́нок (uk) m (rodovýj vidmínok), родови́й (uk) m (rodovýj) Vietnamese: sở hữu cách, cách sỡ hữu Volapük: kimafal, genitif (vo) Votic: genetiivi Welsh: genidol m

word in the genitive inflection

Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 所有格的詞／所有格的词 (suǒyǒugé de cí) Finnish: genetiivi (fi), omanto (fi) Georgian: სიტყვა ნათესაობით ბრუნვაში (siṭq̇va natesaobit brunvaši) German: Genitiv (de) m Irish: ginideach (ga) Polish: dopełniacz (pl) m inan Portuguese: genitivo (pt) m Romanian: genitiv (ro) n Russian: сло́во в роди́тельном падеже́ n (slóvo v rodítelʹnom padežé) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ге̏нитӣв m Roman: gȅnitīv (sh) m Swedish: genitiv (sv) c or n Turkish: tamlayan (tr) Welsh: genidol m

Derived terms

• adverbial genitive
• genitive absolute
• genitive absolute
• genitive-accusative
• genitive case
• headless genitive
• independent genitive
• partitive genitive
• Saxon genitive
• substantive genitive

 

See also

• comitative
• possessive
• proprietive

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡe.niˈtiː.u̯e/, [ɡɛnɪˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.niˈti.ve/, [d͡ʒeniˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

genitīve

1. vocative masculine singular of genitīvus

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Romanian

Noun

genitive

1. plural of genitiv