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| gen·i·tive [ jénnitiv ] |
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1. grammatical form: a grammatical case that affects nouns, pronouns, and adjectives and that usually indicates possession
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2. (plural gen·i·tives) instance of genitive: a word or phrase in the genitive
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< Latin genitivus< gignere "beget"] |
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  gen·i·tive adjective |
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