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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Renaissance Latin cāsus genitīvus ( literally “ case pertaining to origin, birth ” ) (also spelled cāsus genetīvus ), from genitus , the perfect passive participle of gignō ( “ beget ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈd͡ʒɛnətɪv/ , enPR : jĕ'nətĭv
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧tive
Adjective
genitive (not comparable )
( grammar ) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses a quality , origin or possession . It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
The student who had taken a German exam realised his error afterwards. He had used the dative case instead of the genitive case to show possession.
Translations
of or pertaining to the case of possession
Arabic: إِضَافِيّ ( ʔiḍāfiyy ) , جَرِّيّ ( jarriyy ) , خَفْضِيّ ( ḵafḍiyy )
Armenian: սեռական (hy) ( seṙakan )
Azerbaijani: yiyəlik (az)
Basque: genitibo
Belarusian: ро́дны ( ródny )
Bulgarian: роди́телен ( rodítelen )
Catalan: genitiu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 所有 的 ( suǒyǒu de )
Czech: genitivní
Danish: genitiv (da)
Dutch: genitief (nl) m
Estonian: omastav (et)
Finnish: genetiivi- (fi) , genetiivinen
French: génitif (fr) m , génitive (fr) f
Galician: xenitivo m
Georgian: ნათესაობითი (ka) ( natesaobiti ) , გენიტივი ( geniṭivi )
German: genitivisch (de) , genetivisch m ( rarer )
Greek:
Ancient: γενική ( genikḗ )
Hebrew: יחס הקניין / יַחַס הַקִּנְיָן m ( yákhas ha-kinyán )
Hungarian: birtokos (hu)
Icelandic: eignarfalls- (is) ( in compounds )
Irish: ginideach (ga)
Japanese: 属格 (ja) ( ぞっかく, zokkaku ) , ( for Slavic ) 生格 (ja) ( せいかく, seikaku )
Kazakh: ілік ( ılık )
Kyrgyz: илик (ky) ( ilik )
Latin: genetīvus (la)
Latvian: ģenitīvs (lv)
Old English: ġestrīenendlīċ , ġeāgniġendlīċ
Polish: dopełniacz (pl)
Portuguese: genitivo (pt)
Romanian: genitiv (ro)
Russian: роди́тельный (ru) ( rodítelʹnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: ginideach
Slovak: genitívny
Slovene: rodilniški
Spanish: genitivo (es)
Swedish: genitiv (sv)
Turkish: tamlayan (tr)
Ukrainian: родо́ви́й (uk) ( rodóvýj )
Welsh: genidol
Noun
genitive (countable and uncountable , plural genitives )
( grammar , uncountable ) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession .
( grammar , countable ) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.
Translations
inflection pattern
Albanian: gjinore (sq) f
Arabic: حَالَة اَلْمُضَاف إِلَيْهِ f ( ḥalāt al-muḍāf ʔilayhi ) , مَجْرُور m ( majrūr )
Armenian: սեռական հոլով (hy) ( seṙakan holov )
Basque: genitibo
Belarusian: ро́дны склон m ( ródny sklon ) , ро́дны m ( ródny )
Bulgarian: роди́телен паде́ж m ( rodítelen padéž )
Carpathian Rusyn: ґенітів m ( genitiv )
Catalan: genitiu (ca) m
Chechen: доланиг дожар ( dolanig dožar )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 屬格 / 属格 (zh) ( shǔgé ) , 所有格 (zh) ( suǒyǒugé )
Czech: genitiv (cs) m , druhý pád m
Danish: ejefald n , genitiv (da) c
Dutch: tweede naamval (nl) m , genitief (nl) m
Erzya: чачтниця ( čačtńića )
Esperanto: genitivo (eo)
Estonian: omastav (et) , genitiiv (et)
Faroese: hvørsfall (fo) n
Finnish: genetiivi (fi) , omanto (fi)
French: génitif (fr) m
Georgian: ნათესაობითი (ka) ( natesaobiti ) , ნათესაობითი ბრუნვა (ka) ( natesaobiti brunva ) , გენიტივი ( geniṭivi )
German: Genitiv (de) m , Wesfall (de) m , Wessenfall m , zweiter Fall m , Genetiv (de) m ( obsolete ) , Genetivus m ( obsolete ) , Herkunftsfall m ( obsolete ) , Zeugefall m ( obsolete ) , Genitivkasus m , Genitiv-Kasus m , Genetivkasus m ( obsolete ) , Genetiv-Kasus m ( obsolete )
Greek: γενική (el) f ( genikí )
Ancient: γενική f ( genikḗ )
Hebrew: יחס הקנײן m ( yakhas ha-knayn )
Hungarian: birtokos eset (hu)
Icelandic: eignarfall (is) n
Ingrian: genetiivi
Irish: ginideach (ga) m
Italian: caso genitivo m
Japanese: 属格 (ja) ( ぞっかく, zokkaku ) , 生格 (ja) ( せいかく, seikaku ) ( for Slavic languages )
Korean: 속격 (ko) ( sokgyeok )
Latin: cāsus genitīvus m , genitīvus m , casus possessīvus
Latvian: ģenitīvs (lv) m
Lithuanian: kilmininkas (lt) m
Middle Persian: 'wbš
Mongolian: харьяалахын тийн ялгал ( xarʹjaalaxyn tiin jalgal ) , харьяалах (mn) ( xarʹjaalax )
Northern Sami: genitiiva
Norwegian:
Bokmål: genitiv (no) m
Nynorsk: genitiv (nn) m , eigefall n
Old English: gestrīenendlīc , geāgniendlīc
Polish: dopełniacz (pl) m inan
Portuguese: caso genitivo m
Romanian: cazul genitiv m
Russian: роди́тельный паде́ж (ru) m ( rodítelʹnyj padéž ) , генитив (ru) m ( genitiv ) , роди́тельный (ru) m ( rodítelʹnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal ginideach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ге̏нитӣв m
Roman: gȅnitīv (sh) m
Slovak: druhý pád m , genitív (sk) m
Slovene: rodilnik (sl) m
Spanish: genetivo m , caso genitivo m
Swedish: genitiv (sv) c
Telugu: షష్ఠీ విభక్తి (te) ( ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti )
Thai: สัมพันธการก (th)
Turkish: tamlayan durumu (tr) , tamlayan hâli (tr)
Ukrainian: родови́й відмі́нок (uk) m ( rodovýj vidmínok ) , родови́й (uk) m ( rodovýj )
Vietnamese: sở hữu cách , cách sỡ hữu
Volapük: kimafal , genitif (vo)
Votic: genetiivi
Welsh: genidol m
word in the genitive inflection
Derived terms
See also
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
genitīve
vocative masculine singular of genitīvus
Romanian
Noun
genitive
plural of genitiv