genitive

See also: Genitive and génitive

English

Alternative forms

• genetive (rare)

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

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• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧tive

Adjective

genitive (not comparable)

1. (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)
• Indonesian: genitif (id)
• 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)

1. (grammar, uncountable) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
2. (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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 所有格的詞／所有格的词 (suǒyǒugé de cí)

• Finnish: genetiivi (fi), omanto (fi)
• Georgian: სიტყვა ნათესაობით ბრუნვაში (siṭq̇va natesaobit brunvaši)
• German: Genitiv (de) m
• Irish: ginideach (ga)
• Polish: dopełniacz (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: genitivo (pt) m
• Romanian: genitiv (ro) n
• Russian: сло́во в роди́тельном падеже́ n (slóvo v rodítelʹnom padežé)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ге̏нитӣв m

  Roman: gȅnitīv (sh) m

• Swedish: genitiv (sv) c or n
• Turkish: tamlayan (tr)
• Welsh: genidol m

Derived terms

• adverbial genitive
• genitive absolute
• genitive absolute
• genitive-accusative
• genitive case
• headless genitive
• independent genitive
• partitive genitive
• Saxon genitive
• substantive genitive

 

See also

• comitative
• possessive
• proprietive

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡe.niˈtiː.u̯e/, [ɡɛnɪˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.niˈti.ve/, [d͡ʒeniˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

genitīve

1. vocative masculine singular of genitīvus

Romanian

Noun

genitive

1. plural of genitiv