English

Etymology

Latin genitivus , from gignere , genitum , to beget: compare French génitif . See Gender

Adjective

genitive

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

Translations

• Arabic: إضَافيّ (iɖáːfi), جَرِّي (járri)
• Bulgarian: родителен (rodítelen)
• Czech: genitivní
• Dutch: genitief m
• Finnish: genetiivi - (in compounds)
• French: génitif m, génitive f
• German: genitivisch
• Hebrew: יחס הקנײן (yakhas ha-knayn) m
• Hungarian: birtokos
• Japanese: 属格 (ぞっかく , zokkakú), 生格 (せいかく , seikakú; for Slavic)
• Latin: genetivus , genetiva , genetivum m/f/n
• Portuguese: genitivo m, genitiva f
• Russian: родительный , родительная , родительное , родительные (rodítel'nyj, rodítel'naja, rodítel'noje, rodítel'nyje) m/f/n/pl
• Spanish: genitivo m, genitiva f

Noun

genitive

1. (Grammar): The genitive case.

Translations

• Arabic: حَالةُ المُضَافِ إلَيْه (ħáːltu l-muɖáːfi iléyh), مَجْرُور (madžrúːr)
• Bulgarian: родителен падеж (rodítelen padéž) m
• Czech: genitiv m, druhý pád m
• Danish: ejefald
• Dutch: genitief m, tweede naamval m
• Finnish: genetiivi , omanto (obsolete)
• French: génitif m
• German: Genitiv m
• Greek: γενική (yenikí) f
• Hebrew: יחס הקנײן (yakhas ha-knayn) m
• Hungarian: birtokos eset
• Latin: casus genetivus m
• Portuguese: genitivo m
• Russian: рoдитeльный пaдeж (rodítel'nyj padéž) m
• Slovak: druhý pád m, genitív m
• Spanish: genitivo m

Derived expression

• Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin.