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Meaning of "genitive" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GENITIVE

From Latin genetīvus relating to birth, from gignere to produce.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GENITIVE

genitive  [ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENITIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Genitive can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GENITIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Genitive case

In grammar, genitive (abbreviated gen; also called the possessive case or second case) is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun; however, it can also indicate various other relationships than possession: certain verbs may take arguments in the genitive case, and it may have adverbial uses (see Adverbial genitive). Placing the modifying noun in the genitive case is one way to indicate that two nouns are related in a genitive construction. Modern English typically does not morphologically mark nouns for a genitive case in order to indicate a genitive construction; instead, it uses either the 's clitic or a preposition (usually of). However, the personal pronouns do have distinct possessive forms. There are various other ways to indicate a genitive construction, as well. For example, many Afroasiatic languages place the head noun (rather than the modifying noun) in the construct state.

Definition of genitive in the English dictionary

The first definition of genitive in the dictionary is denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in inflected languages used to indicate a relation of ownership or association, usually translated by English of. Other definition of genitive is the genitive case. Genitive is also a word or speech element in this case.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GENITIVE


admonitive
ədˈmɒnɪtɪv
affinitive
əˈfɪnɪtɪv
cognitive
ˈkɒɡnɪtɪv
competitive
kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv
definitive
dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv
infinitive
ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv
lenitive
ˈlɛnɪtɪv
monitive
ˈmɒnɪtɪv
neurocognitive
ˌnjʊərəˈkɒɡnɪtɪv
non-punitive
ˈnɒnˈpjuːnɪtɪv
noncognitive
ˌnɒnˈkɒɡnɪtɪv
nonpunitive
ˌnɒnˈpjuːnɪtɪv
philoprogenitive
ˌfɪləʊprəʊˈdʒɛnɪtɪv
precognitive
priːˈkɒɡnɪtɪv
premonitive
prɪˈmɒnɪtɪv
primogenitive
ˌpraɪməʊˈdʒɛnɪtɪv
progenitive
prəʊˈdʒɛnɪtɪv
punitive
ˈpjuːnɪtɪv
recognitive
rɪˈkɒɡnɪtɪv
unitive
ˈjuːnɪtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENITIVE

genit.
genital
genital herpes
genital warts
genitalia
genitalial
genitalic
genitally
genitals
genitival
genitivally
genitively
genitor
genitourinary
genitourinary medicine
geniture
genius
genius loci
genizah
genizoth

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENITIVE

active
additive
aperitive
capacitive
case-sensitive
false positive
fugitive
HIV-positive
inquisitive
insensitive
intransitive
intuitive
nutritive
positive
price-sensitive
primitive
prohibitive
repetitive
sensitive
time-sensitive
transitive

Synonyms and antonyms of genitive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «genitive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENITIVE

Find out the translation of genitive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of genitive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «genitive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

所有格
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

genitivo
570 millions of speakers

English

genitive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संबंधकारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المضاف إليه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

родительный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

genitivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ষষ্ঠীবিভক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

génitif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Genitive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Genitiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

属格
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소유격
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Genitif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆறாம் வேற்றுமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिज्ञासु
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

-in hali
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

genitivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dopełniacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

родовий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

genitiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γενική πτώση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

genitief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

genitiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

genitiv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of genitive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENITIVE»

The term «genitive» is regularly used and occupies the 62.908 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENITIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about genitive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENITIVE»

Discover the use of genitive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to genitive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Comparative Dialectical Study of Genitive Constructions in ...
*Please refer to dissertation for diagram.
Mark Robert Meyer, 2009
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Semantics of Genitive Objects in Russian: A Study of ...
Shedding new light on this perplexing object-case alternation in Russian, this book analyzes two variants of genitive objects that alternate with accusative complements: the genitive of negation and the intensional genitive.
Olga Kagan, 2012
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The Genitive
Therefore we will not label this form “partitive” here, reserving this label for a particular use of the genitive (§ 4.3). 3. Genitive case within the NP Within the NP, two kinds of genitive case can be distinguished: — the 'adnominal genitive', which ...
Anne Carlier, Jean-Christophe Verstraete, 2013
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On the Contracted Genitive in I in Latin...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Augustus Merrill, 2012
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A New Latin Syntax
else the genitive case : e.g. via Miseni, Roscius Amerinus, Damascus Syriae, ira fugae. It will be seen that the genitive appears capable of expressing adjectivally all the relations which the other cases express adverbially. 70. As the genitive ...
E. C. Woodcock, 1959
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A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax
2.2 Genitive Most relationships that exist between two nouns are expressed in BH by means of the genitive construction. English usually expresses this genitive relationship between two nouns with the word "of." For example, in the phrase " the ...
Bill T. Arnold, John H. Choi, 2003
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Williams' Hebrew Syntax
Genitive case 55 36 A word is in the genitive case if it follows a preposition or a word in the construct state. A genitive that follows a word in the construct state is also called a postconstructus. The following sections (§37-48) categorize the ...
Ronald James Williams, John C. Beckman, 2007
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Genitive Case and Genitive Constructions
"This study explores the syntax of arguments and a variety of possessive constructions in nominal clause structure in languages such as Dutch, English, German and Russian.
Petra de Wit, 1997
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Questions Upon Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar
Give the genitive of jecur. § 72. t How do nouns in as form their genitive ? Give the genitive of as ; — of mas ; — of vas, a surety ; — of vas, a vessel ; — of anas. Give the rule for the genitive of Greek nouns in as. What is the genitive of Melas ?
Ethan Allen Andrews, 1842
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The Theology of Paul the Apostle
In some circles it is now taken for granted that the phrase should be so understood.185 a) Some argue that the genitive construction is determinative in itself, particularly when set beside its equivalent in Rom. 4.16 — "the faith of Abraham.
James D. G. Dunn, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENITIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term genitive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stop calling possessives 'possessive'
That s on nights is actually a survival of the Old English genitive, which is where our modern "possessive" comes from. We see it also on words ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
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Misanthropy, Conservatism, and the Referendum in Greece
By the way, the word “anthr-opos”, which means “human” in Greek, is a compound word (probably) of “andros” which is the genitive of man ... «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
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Conducting Electricity: Nothing quiet about the symphony's summer …
And I am so happy that I won't be spending my summer figuring out what Joyce meant by: “Amor matris: subjective and objective genitive.”. «Florida Times-Union, Jun 15»
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(P) The ROLANG manual, “Learn Romanian”, reaches its 3rd edition
... negative pronouns and adjectives, genitive case, relative pronouns and adjectives, pluperfect indicative, present and past conditional. «Romania-Insider.com, Jun 15»
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Keeping the Faith
Pauline debates about pistis with the genitive rear up. Do the saints keep their faith in Jesus? Or do they somehow keep the faith that Jesus ... «First Things, Jun 15»
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Literacy in the groove
In The Case Song, they use arm gestures as they learn about the accusative, genitive and dative cases. The 34-year-old Goddard said, “I think ... «The Statesman, Jun 15»
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Jonathan Goddard: Meet the man using rap to make Latin a hip new …
In “The Case Song”, they use arm gestures as they learn about the accusative, genitive and dative cases. Mr Goddard, 34, said: “I think these ... «The Independent, May 15»
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Circus-themed rooms, a sauna scrub-down and the world's most …
Something about a double genitive I think it was. He was charming. He made an unscheduled stop to let me off as close to my hotel as possible ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
9
Philantopia: Lots of meaning in Aspen Words
... correlative conjunctions, adverbial phrases, genitive cases, simple tenses, split infinitives and passive voices into compound sentences with ... «Aspen Times, May 15»
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A Quick and Dirty Guide to the Russian Language
From my experience the most important ones to nail down early are accusative, genitive, and prepositional. You do things to other things ... «Russia!, May 15»

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