genitiv
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Czech
Etymology
From Latin genitīvus, from genitus, the perfect passive participle of gignō (“beget”).
Pronunciation
Noun
genitiv m inan
- (grammar) genitive, genitive case
- Synonyms: druhý pád, původník, roditel, přisvojník
Declension
Further reading
- genitiv in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- genitiv in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- genitiv in Internetová jazyková příručka
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin genitīvus.
Noun
genitiv n (plural genitive)
- (grammar) the genitive case
- Synonym: caz genitiv
Declension
Declension of genitiv
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) genitiv | genitivul | (niște) genitive | genitivele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) genitiv | genitivului | (unor) genitive | genitivelor |
| vocative | genitivule | genitivelor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
gȅnitīv m (Cyrillic spelling ге̏нитӣв)
- (grammar) the genitive case
Declension
Declension of genitiv
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | genitiv | genitivi |
| genitive | genitiva | genitiva |
| dative | genitivu | genitivima |
| accusative | genitiv | genitive |
| vocative | genitive | genitivi |
| locative | genitivu | genitivima |
| instrumental | genitivom | genitivima |
Slovene
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
gẹ̑nitiv m inan
- (grammar) genitive case
- Synonym: rodilnik
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “genitiv”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin genitīvus, from gignō (“I beget”).
Pronunciation
Noun
genitiv n or c
Declension
| Declension of genitiv | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | genitiv | genitiven | genitiver | genitiverna |
| Genitive | genitivs | genitivens | genitivers | genitivernas |
Hypernyms
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
genitiv
Inflection
| Inflection of genitiv (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | genitiv | ||
| genitive sing. | genitivan | ||
| partitive sing. | genitivad | ||
| partitive plur. | — | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | genitiv | — | |
| accusative | genitivan | — | |
| genitive | genitivan | — | |
| partitive | genitivad | — | |
| essive-instructive | genitivan | — | |
| translative | genitivaks | — | |
| inessive | genitivas | — | |
| elative | genitivaspäi | — | |
| illative | genitivaha | — | |
| adessive | genitival | — | |
| ablative | genitivalpäi | — | |
| allative | genitivale | — | |
| abessive | genitivata | — | |
| comitative | genitivanke | — | |
| prolative | genitivadme | — | |
| approximative I | genitivanno | — | |
| approximative II | genitivannoks | — | |
| egressive | genitivannopäi | — | |
| terminative I | genitivahasai | — | |
| terminative II | genitivalesai | — | |
| terminative III | genitivassai | — | |
| additive I | genitivahapäi | — | |
| additive II | genitivalepäi | — | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “генитив”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika