possessival
English
Etymology
possessive + -al
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪvəl
Adjective
possessival (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to the possessive case.
- 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
- It looks as if the possessival termination had detached itself in the form of es or is
- 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
References
possessival in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913