genitive

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

genitive
    adj 1: serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive
           pronouns"; "the genitive endings" [syn: {possessive},
           {genitive}]
    n 1: the case expressing ownership [syn: {genitive}, {genitive
         case}, {possessive}, {possessive case}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum,
   to beget: cf. F. g['e]nitif. See {Gender}.] (Gram.)
   Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin
   and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It
   corresponds to the possessive case in English.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, n. (Gram.)
   The genitive case.
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   {Genitive absolute}, a construction in Greek similar to the
      ablative absolute in Latin. See {Ablative absolute}.
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