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单词 possessival
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possessivaladj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin possessīvus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin possessīvus possessive adj. + -al suffix1, after adjectival adj., substantival adj. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫsesəi·văl) /pɒsɛˈsaɪvəl/.
Grammar. Obsolete. rare.
Of or relating to the possessive case; = possessive adj. 1.
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genitivec1400
genitival1806
possessival1873
1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) x. 523 This possessival termination ['s] detached itself, and passed into a pronoun-flexion by a sort of degeneracy, as in ‘John his book’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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