genitive case
JEN-uh-tiv kays/ˈd͡ʒɛnətɪv ˌkeɪs/UKJEN-i-tiv kays/ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtɪv ˌkeɪs/
Pluralgenitive cases
- 1The grammatical case, used mainly with nouns, that expresses origin or possession; it corresponds roughly to English of and the ending -'s.
Many German masculine nouns add -s or -es in the genitive case, as in des Mannes.
In Russian, a noun that follows a number such as five goes into the genitive case.
Similargenitive
Note
Grammarians often shorten the term to the genitive. Origin is as much its business as ownership: an old Latin naming pattern, Marcus Marci, gives a man's single name followed by his father's name in the genitive, "Marcus of Marcus". The case can also mark the doer or the target of an action, which is why the love of a mother can be read two ways.
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