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Grammatical case
In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated gen) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus
Genitive_case
Categorization of nouns and modifiers by function
three cases, which are simplified forms of the nominative, accusative (including functions formerly handled by the dative), and genitive cases. They are
Grammatical_case
Grammatical case denoting "partialness", "without result" or "without specific identity"
adjectives ending in -s, which is called the partitive case. This case is derived from the genitive case in the older declension system and is used after words
Partitive_case
Grammatical use indicating possession
grammatical case (the possessive case), although they are also sometimes considered to represent the genitive case, or are not assigned to any case, depending
Possessive
System of suffixes of Classical Arabic
pronounced with the ending -an. The genitive case (al-majrūr, ٱلْمَجْرُورُ) Objects of prepositions. Construct case: the second, third, fourth, etc. term
ʾIʿrab
Official language of Mongolia
sometimes has to take accusative or genitive case. There is marginal occurrence of subjects taking ablative case as well. Subjects of attributive clauses
Mongolian_language
English construction used in the 16th–17th centuries
The his genitive is a means of forming a genitive construction by linking two nouns with a possessive adjective such as "his" (e.g. "my friend his car"
His_genitive
Grammar of the Romanian language
morphological case differentiation in nouns. Nevertheless, declensions have been reduced to only three forms (nominative/accusative, genitive/dative, and
Romanian_grammar
Grammar of the Bengali language
assignment". The inanimate pronouns remain the same in the objective case. The genitive case is used to show possession, such as "Where is your coat?" or "Let's
Bengali_grammar
Possessive words and phrases in the English language
stated that the possessives represent a grammatical case, called the genitive or possessive case; however, some linguists do not accept this view and
English_possessive
Declination patterns for nouns in the Finnish language
also uses possessive affixes together with the genitive case häne/n talo/nsa = 'her/his house(s)' This case marks direct objects. The accusative indicates
Finnish_noun_cases
Morphological form of a noun
state when they are modified by another noun in a genitive construction. That differs from the genitive case of European languages in that it is the head (modified)
Construct_state
Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc. in German
the end in the singular genitive, e.g. der Name, des Namens, and otherwise behave exactly like weak nouns. The genitive case of other nouns of masculine
German_declension
Katla language of Sudan
this rule and therefore change in their plural form. In some cases Katla places the genitive after the subject, as in other Sudanese languages: ‚u gbalana‘
Katla_language
Type of grammatical construction
In grammar, a genitive construction or genitival construction is a type of grammatical construction used to express a relation between two nouns such as
Genitive_construction
Afro-Asiatic of Ethiopia
There are eight cases in Malo[clarification needed]. Nominative Accusative Dative Genitive Instrumental Commutative Ablative Nominative case has <i> and <a>
Melo_language
Grammatical case indicating a location
locative case merged into other cases (often genitive or dative) in form and/or function, but some daughter languages retained it as a distinct case. It is
Locative_case
Grammatical case
thereafter with some of its functions taken by the genitive and others by the dative. The genitive case with the prepositions ἀπό apó 'away from' and ἐκ/ἐξ
Ablative_case
Grammatical case used to receive the direct object of a transitive verb
accusative case to the special case of personal pronouns and kuka/ken. This grammar considers other total objects as being in the nominative or genitive case. The
Accusative_case
Case specifying the use of the object form of pronouns
grammatical relationships except the genitive case of possession (in standard English) and a non-disjunctive nominative case as the subject. It may also be
Oblique_case
Сharacter of the Cyrillic script
publishers from Kyiv also use Є in the genitive case of three pronouns (менє, тебє, себє), and Е in the accusative case (мене, тебе, себе); as a numerical
Ukrainian_Ye
Words in German that substitute for a noun or noun phrase
the nominative case and "ihn" in accusative. Genitive personal pronouns (not to be confused with other instances of the genitive case such as "des"—see
Pronouns_in_German
Grammar of the Turkish language
and an anomalous genitive. All personal pronouns aside from onlar form their instrumental with the genitive form. The absolute case is generally needed
Turkish_grammar
Grammar of the Latin language
case) rēgem videt "(he) sees the king" (accusative case) Further cases mean "of" (genitive case), "to/for" (dative case), and "with" (ablative case)
Latin_grammar
Grammatical case
objective case is then used for the oblique case, which covers the roles of accusative, dative and objects of a preposition. The genitive case is then usually
Nominative_case
Pantheon of pre-Christian Ireland
Irish word túath (plural túatha) means "tribe, folk, people"; dé is the genitive case of día and, depending on context, can mean "god, gods, goddess" or more
Tuatha_Dé_Danann
Grammatical component
Look up adverbial genitive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In grammar, an adverbial genitive is a noun declined in the genitive case that functions as
Adverbial_genitive
Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia
1-Nominative case 2-Absolutive case 3-Genitive Case 4-Dative case 5-Allative case 6-Ablative case 7-Locative case 8-Comitative case 9-Instrumental
Koore_language
well as of the genitive case after prepositions, while her also includes the genitive case. This conflated form is called the oblique case or the object
History_of_English
Letter of the Cyrillic script
be unstressed as well, which then represents the plural form of the genitive case to distinguish from other similar forms. Modern Church Slavonic orthography
I_(Cyrillic)
Declined according to case, state, gender and number
Classical Arabic are declined according to the following properties: Case (nominative, genitive, and accusative) State (indefinite, definite or construct) Gender
Arabic_nouns_and_adjectives
Punctuation or diacritical mark (')
called the possessive case in the English language. This case was called the genitive until the 18th century and, like the genitive case in other languages
Apostrophe
Grammar of standard Tibetian
experiencer of an emotion. The genitive case marks possession and is often translated as "of". The form of the genitive suffix depends on the last sound
Modern_Lhasa_Tibetan_grammar
Inflection of words according to number, gender, and/or case
serves to indicate number (e.g. singular, dual, plural), case (e.g. nominative, accusative, genitive, or dative), gender (e.g. masculine, feminine, or neuter)
Declension
Honorifics in the German language and culture
polite personal pronoun "Sie": Nominative case: Sie Accusative case: Sie Genitive case: Ihrer Dative case: Ihnen Declension of polite possessive adjectives:
German_honorifics
Grammar of the Polish language
the Old Slavic system of cases for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. There are seven cases: nominative (mianownik), genitive (dopełniacz), dative (celownik)
Polish_grammar
productive. One exception is the genitive case, which is still productive to a certain extent. Although in the spoken language the case system was probably in a
Archaic_Dutch_declension
Habits of working
the genitive case, "of operating"; gerunds can never be pluralised in Latin, as opposed to gerundives. When a noun with an attribute in the genitive is
Modus_operandi
West Slavic language of eastern Germany
ends in the dative case only with -u. In the accusative case the endings of animate nouns coincide with the endings of the genitive case, the endings of
Upper_Sorbian_language
Australian Aboriginal language
horse'). On pronouns, for which case-marking is irregular, Locative case is realized via 'double-expression' of Genitive case: ngada 'I' > ngithun 'I(gen)
Lardil_language
Grammatical case
dative case. In Latin, this type of dative is called the dativus commodi. Basque has a benefactive case ending in -entzat, from the genitive -en and
Benefactive_case
Grammatical construction in Ancient Greek
Greek grammar, the genitive absolute is a grammatical construction consisting of a participle and often a noun both in the genitive case, which is very similar
Genitive_absolute
the genitive is constructed by inflection, like the common nouns. The following subsections describe the usage of each case. Nominative is the case of
Romanian_nouns
Part of Latin grammar
cases in this order: casus sunt sex: nominativus, genetivus, dativus, accusativus, vocativus, ablativus. "there are six cases: nominative, genitive,
Latin_declension
Grammatical case
nouns. This syncretism with the genitive is commonly referred to as the relative case. Nez Perce has a three-way nominal case system with both ergative (-nim)
Ergative_case
Arabic name derived from one's eldest child
sometimes daughter. Abū or Umm precedes the son's or daughter's name in the genitive case, for example Abu Bakr or Umm Kulthum. It is often used as a component
Kunya_(Arabic)
Grammatical case
the ending -l is added to the genitive case, e.g. laud (table) - laual (on the table). Besides the meaning "on", this case is also used to indicate ownership
Adessive_case
Word class or 'part of speech'
with those of case markings (for example, the meaning of the English preposition of is expressed in many languages by a genitive case ending), but adpositions
Adposition
Grammatical rules of the Bulgarian language
grammatical cases: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, locative, instrumental and vocative; of these, only what used to be nominative and vocative cases survive
Bulgarian_grammar
Pre-6th century Goidelic Celtic language of Ireland and Britain
inscriptions are memorials, consisting of the name of the deceased in the genitive case, followed by MAQI, MAQQI, "[the stone] of the son" (Modern Irish mic)
Primitive_Irish
Currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
is said to have a genitive length (although the word does not necessarily have to be in the genitive case in order to have genitive length on its syllable;
Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_convertible_mark
Overview of how nouns are used in German
grammatical case (their function in a sentence) and whether they are singular or plural. German has four cases: nominative, accusative, dative and genitive. German
German_nouns
Linguistic phenomenon whereby a language allows multiple cases suffixed on the same head
resumption"), also known as case stacking, is a linguistic phenomenon used in forming a genitive construction, whereby prototypically a genitive noun agrees with
Suffixaufnahme
Process of word formation, by alteration to express grammatical categories
of prepositions. Lithuanian breaks them out of the genitive case, accusative case and locative case by using different postpositions. Dual form is obsolete
Inflection
Critically endangered Tungusic language
"with", requires its nominal argument to have the genitive case, which causes the genitive case marker i between the noun niyalma and the postposition
Manchu_language
Feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages
Koine and Modern), this can be done by placing the compared noun in the genitive case. With superlatives, the population being considered may be explicitly
Degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs
Degrees_of_comparison_of_adjectives_and_adverbs
category of case (specifically case role) is related to morphological case. Morphological case (such as accusative, ergative, dative, genitive, and sometimes
Case_role
Grammatical case
trigger prepositional case marking, and a small group of prepositions which are termed compound mark their objects with genitive case, these prepositions
Adpositional_case
Person or thing after which something is named
For examples, see the comparison table below. English can use either genitive case or attributive position to indicate the adjectival nature of the eponymous
Eponym
Language syntax classification
casual languages in which the nominal attribute is marked with the genitive case. The letters a, b, and c represent formal inflective markers specific
Milewski's_typology
Non-standard Latin spoken in ancient Rome
noun case system after these phonetic changes, Vulgar Latin shifted from a markedly synthetic language to a more analytic one. The genitive case died
Vulgar_Latin
Grammar of the Arabic language
counted takes indefinite genitive plural (as the attribute in a genitive construct). Numerals 11 and 13–19 are indeclinable for case, perpetually in the accusative
Arabic_grammar
Arabic grammatical structure
noun. In forms of Arabic which mark grammatical case, this second noun must be in the genitive case. The construction is typically equivalent to the
Iḍāfah
Closed lexical category of the English language
inflect for case (plain case and possessive). Some authorities talk of a genitive case, the inflected word being the last word in a phrasal genitive construction;
Personal_pronouns_in_English
Celtic language indigenous to the island of Ireland
(accusative case, the standard form being gnóthaí), tíorthuibh (accusative case, the standard form being tíortha) and leithscéalaibh (genitive case, the standard
Irish_language
Reconstructed ancestor of the Afroasiatic language family
connected to the genitive case ending in Semitic and possibly Cushitic. Igor Diakonoff argued that the "nisba" was an "expanded" form of the genitive suffix: he
Proto-Afroasiatic_language
Inflection in the Russian language
remaining in the language). Nominal declension comprises six cases – nominative, accusative, genitive, prepositional, dative, instrumental, two numbers (singular
Russian_declension
West Germanic language
nominative and accusative cases was lost except in personal pronouns; the instrumental case was dropped; and the use of the genitive case was limited to indicating
English_language
Extinct language of ancient Italy
vowel or consonant: Aplu (Apollo), Paχa (Bacchus), or Turan. Genitive case The genitive case had two main functions in Etruscan: the usual meaning of possession
Etruscan_language
West Slavic language
made explicit. Slovak nouns are inflected for case and number. There are six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, locative, and instrumental
Slovak_language
Language of India
of cases, each with separate endings used to denote certain situations. These cases are: Nominative Accusative-Dative Instrumental-Ablative Genitive Locative
Konda_language_(Dravidian)
Language of ancient Sumer and Babylon
(𒀀/𒂊)𒉈𒉈 -a/e-ne-ne "their". In the case of the genitive, the -/a/ of the case marker is elided instead, so that the genitive sequence ends in -/e(k)/. There
Sumerian_language
Grammar of the Old Church Slavonic language
month is typically written in the genitive. Unlike other Slavic languages, there is no genitive of time. The dative case is used for the indirect object
Old_Church_Slavonic_grammar
Name list
Phyllida or Phillida is a feminine given name derived from the genitive case of the Greek Phyllidos and the Latin Phyllidis, both meaning “foliage.” It
Phyllida
Ancestor of the Uralic languages
Proto-Uralic, reinterpreting the accusative case as a lative one and arguing for a marked subject via the genitive case and a verbal ending, *mV-. Support for
Proto-Uralic_language
Northeast Caucasian language
village-PODIR run-AOR "She opened the door and ran into the village" Genitive case (ending -н [-n]; added to the Ergative): marks possession. It is also
Lezgian_language
Grammatical features of Old English
determiners were fully inflected, with four grammatical cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative), and a vestigial instrumental, two grammatical
Old_English_grammar
Standardized dialect of Tibetan
linked by a genitive particle objects and adverbs precede the verb, as do adjectives in copular clauses a noun marked with the genitive case precedes the
Lhasa_Tibetan
Morpheme placed at the end of a word
is because its case, nominative, is "unmarked" meines Computers—genitive case meinem Computer—dative case meinen Computer—accusative case мой компьютер—where
Suffix
West Slavic language
(out of, off) assign the genitive case. Other prepositions take one of several cases, with their meaning dependent on the case; na means "on to" or "for"
Czech_language
Latin announcement of the election of a pope
During the last century, the new papal name has often been given in the genitive case in Latin, corresponding to the translation "who takes the name of .
Habemus_papam
list of grammatical cases as they are used by various inflectional languages that have declension. This list will mark the case, when it is used, an
List_of_grammatical_cases
Words in English that substitute for a noun or noun phrase
make him weak. Dependent genitive: It worked without our having to do anything at all. In infinitival clauses, accusative case pronouns function as the
Pronouns_in_English
Ancient Indo-European language of the Hittite Empire
the case ending. In hieroglyphic Luwian, the particle -sa/-za is added to the nominative/accusative inanimate case ending. In the genitive case, cuneiform
Luwian_language
Character(s) following an ordinal number
on the tenth of June"), the ablative case is generally used: Xo (decimo) with the month stated in the genitive case. Examples: Io (primo) die Julii "on
Ordinal_indicator
Qiangic language spoken in Tibet and China
morphological processes that are affixed include gender marking, marking of genitive case, compounding, and nominalization. Northern Qiang also uses non-affixational
Northern_Qiang_language
Indo-European language of the Italic branch
people"; "a number of gifts": people and gifts would be in the genitive case. Some nouns are genitive with special verbs and adjectives: The cup is full of wine
Latin
Declensions in the Gothic language
genitive case, which expresses possession, measurement, or source. The English possessive suffix enclitic "–'s" is derived from an earlier genitive case
Gothic_declension
Component of a personal name based on the given name of one's male ancestor
law, with a handful of exceptions. For almost all cases, the father's name (usually in the genitive case) is used, plus the word son for sons or dóttir for
Patronymic
followed by the father and the paternal grandfather's name, both in the genitive case, e.g. Seán Ó Cathasaigh (Seán O'Casey), son of Pól, son of Séamus, would
Irish_name
North Germanic language of the Faroe Islands
singular DF:Definite IDF:Indefinite N:Nominative case A:Accusative case D:Dative case G:Genitive case MA:Masculine gender FE:Feminine gender NT:Neuter
Faroese_language
Northwest Semitic language
denote the relationship of "belonging to": this is the converse of the genitive case of more inflected languages. Words in smikhut are often combined with
Hebrew_language
Variety of West Central German
nominative functions, and the dative case. There is no genitive case in Pennsylvania Dutch. The historical genitive case has been replaced by the dative,
Pennsylvania_Dutch_language
Grammar of the English language
head and phrasal genitives involve case inflection. With head genitives it is always a noun that inflects, while the phrasal genitive can apply to words
English_grammar
Word consisting of two words
of two morphemes: a morpheme for the singular number and one for the genitive case. In English, two separate morphs are used: of an animal. Other examples
Portmanteau
masculine proper nouns in the nominative case. Exceptionally, some end in -ou, indicating the genitive case of this proper noun for patronymic reasons
Surnames_by_country
North Germanic language
into two grammatical genders. Only pronouns inflect for case, and the previous genitive case has become an enclitic. A distinctive feature of the Nordic
Danish_language
Singular, feminine, third-person pronoun
also called the 'oblique'.) form; the dependent genitive (possessive) form hers: the independent genitive form herself: the reflexive form Old English had
She_(pronoun)
Wealth or an entity that promises wealth
τοῦ] μαμωνᾶ (genitive case) in verse 9, [ἐν τῷ ἀδίκῳ] μαμωνᾷ (dative case) in verse 11, and [οὐ δύνασθε θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ] μαμωνᾷ (dative case) in verse
Mammon
West Germanic language
adjectives are not case inflected (except for the genitive of proper nouns (names): -s, -'s or -'). In the spoken language cases and case inflections had
Dutch_language
GENITIVE CASE
GENITIVE CASE
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Telugu
Tender; Sensitive
Girl/Female
British, English
Thoughtful; Sensitive
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Sensitive
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Sensitive; Affectionate; Imaginative
Girl/Female
Indian
Sensitive
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sensitive
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Sensitive
Girl/Female
Gaelic, German, Irish
Dark; Diminutive; Sensitive
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Sensitive
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Sensitive
Girl/Female
Tamil
Lajwanti | லாஜவநà¯à®¤à¯€
A sensitive plant
Lajwanti | லாஜவநà¯à®¤à¯€
Girl/Female
Hindu
Sensitive
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Sensitive
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh, Telugu
Soft Sensitive
Surname or Lastname
Italian
Italian : from the personal name Gentile, a continuation of Late Latin Gentilis meaning ‘of the same stock (Latin gens)’ and then ‘non-Christian’, ‘pagan’; as a medieval name it was an omen name with the sense ‘noble’, ‘courteous’, also ‘delicate’, ‘charming’, ‘graceful’ (Italian gentile). In some cases the surname may have arisen from a nickname, sometimes possibly ironical, from the same word.English : variant of Gentle.
Girl/Female
Hindu
A sensitive plant
Girl/Female
Celtic, German
Race of Women; White Wave
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Sensitive; Sentimental
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Sensitive
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sensitive
GENITIVE CASE
GENITIVE CASE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a belltower, from a compound of Middle English belle ‘bell’ + hous ‘house’. The surname is now found chiefly in Yorkshire.Greek form of the Italian surname Bella, or alternatively a nickname derived from Slavic bel ‘white’.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Pious; Righteous
Boy/Male
Indian
Soldier
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian
Strong; Successful
Boy/Male
Hindu
A Sanskrit grammarian, The great scholar grammarian
Boy/Male
Indian
Small Son
Boy/Male
Hindu
Blessed
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Traditional
Not Happened Before; Unique
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Lebanese, Muslim
Sacrificer; Saviour
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places in West Yorkshire, or minor places in Cheshire, named in Old English as ‘midge glade’, from micg(e) ‘midge’ + lēah ‘wood’; ‘clearing’, ‘glade’.
GENITIVE CASE
GENITIVE CASE
GENITIVE CASE
GENITIVE CASE
GENITIVE CASE
n.
That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.
n.
The quality of being lenitive.
a.
Punitive.
n.
A mild purgative; a laxative.
a.
Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
a.
Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.
a.
Sensitive; excitable; timid.
a.
Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
n.
A lenitive; an emollient.
a.
Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
a.
Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb.
a.
Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.
a.
Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays.
a.
Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive.
n.
The genitive case.
n.
A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
a.
Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
a.
Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.
a.
Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation.
v. t.
Accountable; responsible; sensitive.