genitive

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of a grammatical case: in an inflected language (such as Greek or Latin), expressing that a thing denoted by a word is related to a thing denoted by another word as its origin or possessor; and in an uninflected language (such as English), expressing origin or possession; possessive.

   “dependent genitive”

2. sıfat Of, pertaining to, or used in the genitive case.
3. sıfat Of or pertaining to the generation of offspring; generative, procreative, reproductive.
4. isim Ellipsis of genitive case (“a grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession”).

   “Nounes, Pronounes, and Participles are declin'd vvith ſix Endings, vvhich are called Caſes, both in the Singular and Plural Number. The Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accuſative, Vocative, and Ablative. […] The Genitive is Engliſht vvith this Sign of, as Libri of a Book.”

5. isim A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession.

   “This one vvord familia joyn'd vvith pater, mater, filius, or filia, endeth the Genitive in as, as pater familias, but ſomtimes familiæ.”