genitive case

Grammatical case that marks a word as modifying another word, indicating possession, composition, etc.

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Also known as possessive case · second case · genitive · GEN

Instance of: case
Subclass of: inflected form

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In grammar, the genitive case is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can also serve purposes indicating other relationships. For example, some verbs may feature arguments in the genitive case; and the genitive case may also have adverbial uses.

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Different from: proprietive case
Opposite of: non-genitive
Short name: GEN
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1.“Dept. of Linguistics | Resources | Glossing Rules”eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/glossing-rules.phpRetrieved 2023-01-06
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