genitive case
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English
Noun
| Examples |
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| John's milk — John's is in the genitive (and in the possessive) case.
glass of milk — milk is in the genitive (but not the possessive) case. |
genitive case (plural genitive cases)
- (grammar) Noun case used to express some relationship such as possession or origin. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition "of."
Translations
genitive — see genitive
See also
- Appendix:Grammatical cases
External links
Genitive case on Wikipedia.
