genitive case
noun
(In inflected languages) a case of nouns and pronouns, and of words in grammatical agreement with them, the typical function of which is to indicate that the person or thing denoted by the word is related to another as source, possessor, or the like; (also in uninflected languages) a word or word form having a similar possessive function.
- In English corresponding to of, from, and other prepositions, and to the possessive apostrophe or suffix 's. In different languages the genitive case is also employed in a variety of idiomatic usages..
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator.
- contact man
- contact metamorphism
- contactor
- contact print
- contact process
- contact sheet
- contact sport
- contadina
- contadino
- Contagem
- contagion
- contagious
- contagious abortion
- contagiously
- contagiousness
- contagium
- contain
- containable
- container
- container-grown
- containerise
- containerization
- containerize
- containerload
- container port