- 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...
- The his
genitive is a
means of
forming a
genitive construction by
linking two
nouns with a
possessive pronoun such as "his" (e.g. "my
friend his car"...
- In grammar, a
genitive construction or
genitival construction is a type of
grammatical construction used to
express a
relation between two
nouns such as...
- of
genitive. For example, the
genitive construction "speed of the car" is
equivalent to the
possessive form "the car's speed". However, the
genitive construction...
- Look up
adverbial genitive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In grammar, an
adverbial genitive is a noun
declined in the
genitive case that functions...
- an
apostrophe to an
existing s. This form is
sometimes called the
Saxon genitive,
reflecting the suffix's
derivation from Old English. However, personal...
- A
carnivore /ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr/, or meat-eater (Latin, caro,
genitive carnis,
meaning meat or "flesh" and
vorare meaning "to devour"), is an
animal or plant...
- for the
double genitive: a
friend of mine. The
ending -'s as in In Dublin's Fair City,
which is uncommon. In
classical Gr****: "
Genitive of explanation"...
- format, with an
identifying label (as
described below)
preceding the
Latin genitive of the name of the
constellation in
which the star lies. The identifying...
-
shows examples of case
endings (nominative plural,
accusative plural,
genitive singular) and a verb
ending (present plural):
Foxas habbað holu and heofonan...
