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The grammatical case, chiefly applicable to nouns, used to express a relationship of origin or possession. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition of and the suffix -'s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genitive
Antonyms: none provided
the case expressing ownership
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genitive, possessive, possessive case
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oblique, oblique case
Narrower terms: attributive genitive, attributive genitive case
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
gjinore
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Arabic:
حَالَة اَلْمُضَاف إِلَيْهِ
(ḥalāt al-muḍāf ʔilayhi)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Arabic:
مَجْرُور
(majrūr)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Armenian:
սեռական հոլով
(seṙakan holov)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Basque:
genitibo
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Belarusian:
ро́дны склон
(ródny sklon)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Belarusian:
ро́дны
(ródny)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Bulgarian:
роди́телен паде́ж
(rodítelen padéž)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Carpathian Rusyn:
ґенітів
(genitiv)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Catalan:
genitiu
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Chechen:
доланиг дожар
(dolanig dožar)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Chinese Mandarin:
屬格 /属格
(shǔgé)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Chinese Mandarin:
所有格
(suǒyǒugé)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Czech:
genitiv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Czech:
druhý pád
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Danish:
ejefald
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Danish:
genitiv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Dutch:
tweede naamval
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Dutch:
genitief
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Erzya:
чачтниця
(čačtnića)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Esperanto:
genitivo
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Estonian:
omastav
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Estonian:
genitiiv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Faroese:
hvørsfall
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Finnish:
genetiivi
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Finnish:
omanto
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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French:
génitif
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Galician:
caso xenitivo
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Georgian:
ნათესაობითი
(natesaobiti)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Georgian:
ნათესაობითი ბრუნვა
(natesaobiti brunva)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Georgian:
გენიტივი
(geniṭivi)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Genitiv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Wesfall
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Wessenfall
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
zweiter Fall
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Genetiv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Genetivus
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Herkunftsfall
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Zeugefall
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Genitivkasus
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Genitiv-Kasus
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Genetivkasus
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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German:
Genetiv-Kasus
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Greek:
γενική
(genikí)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Ancient Greek:
γενική
(genikḗ)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Gujarati:
ષષ્ઠી
(ṣaṣṭhī)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Hebrew:
יחס הקנײן
(yakhas ha-knayn)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Hindi:
संबंध कारक
(sambandh kārak)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Hungarian:
birtokos eset
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Icelandic:
eignarfall
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Ingrian:
genetiivi
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Irish:
ginideach
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Italian:
caso genitivo
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Japanese:
属格
(zokkaku)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Japanese:
生格
(seikaku)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Korean:
속격
(sokgyeok)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Latin:
cāsus genitīvus
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Latin:
genitīvus
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Latin:
casus possessīvus
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Latvian:
ģenitīvs
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Lithuanian:
kilmininkas
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Mongolian:
харьяалахын тийн ялгал
(xarʹjaalaxyn tiin jalgal)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Mongolian:
харьяалах
(xarʹjaalax)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Norwegian Bokmål:
genitiv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
genitiv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
eigefall
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Old English:
gestrīenendlīc
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Old English:
geāgniendlīc
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Middle Persian:
'wbš
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Polish:
dopełniacz
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Portuguese:
caso genitivo
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Romanian:
genitiv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Romanian:
cazul genitiv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Russian:
роди́тельный паде́ж
(rodítelʹnyj padéž)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Russian:
генитив
(genitiv)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Russian:
роди́тельный
(rodítelʹnyj)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Northern Sami:
genitiiva
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Scottish Gaelic:
tuiseal ginideach
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Serbo-Croatian:
ге̏нитӣв
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Serbo-Croatian:
gȅnitīv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Slovak:
druhý pád
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Slovak:
genitív
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Slovene:
rodilnik
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Spanish:
genetivo
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Spanish:
caso genitivo
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Swedish:
genitiv
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Telugu:
షష్ఠీ విభక్తి
(ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Thai:
สัมพันธการก
(sǎm-pan-tá-gaa-rók)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Turkish:
tamlayan durumu
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Turkish:
tamlayan hâli
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Udmurt:
возьматон вошъет
(voźmaton vošjet)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Udmurt:
возьматон падеж
(voźmaton paďež)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Ukrainian:
родови́й відмі́нок
(rodovýj vidmínok)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Ukrainian:
родови́й
(rodovýj)
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Vietnamese:
sở hữu cách
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Vietnamese:
cách sỡ hữu
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Volapük:
kimafal
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Volapük:
genitif
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
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Welsh:
genidol
— grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession