| 单词 | genitive |
| 释义 | genitive —genitival /jen'i tuy"veuhl/, adj. —genitivally, adv. /jen"i tiv/, Gram. adj. 1. (in certain inflected languages) noting a case of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, used primarily to express possession, measure, or origin: as John's hat, week's vacation, duty's call. 2. noting an affix or other element characteristic of this case, or a word containing such an element. 3. similar to such a case form in function or meaning. n. 4. the genitive case. 5. a word in the genitive case. 6. a construction noting this case or the relationship usually expressed by it. Cf. possessive. [1350-1400; ME < ML genitivus, equiv. to genit(us) (ptp. of gignere to beget) + -ivus -IVE] |
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