genitive
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv/
- Specialized
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genitivo
- To express possession, such as in the sentence "the student's book is on the table," we use the genitive.
- objective genitive
So for example, Wein on the verb to to believe, which takes the genitive.
- So for example, Wein on the verb to to believe, which takes the genitive.
- Genesios is the genitive of Genesis, the word we we translate in English as genesis or origin.
- It's not that to have a a dative or a genitive instead of accusative.
- And so the the, you know, it's what we call the genitive case.
Examples
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It's used for most types of garden-variety possession, including interpersonal relationships, as shown below (with the possessor in the genitive following the possessee):
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For example, chiva krazaaji, "the tip of the mountain," has krazaaj in the genitive rather than the ablative, even though one would expect the ablative.
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I think we have seen this kind of sentence dealt with in the genitive.
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And a few verbs have genitive direct objects.
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In general, though, it's more common to see the genitive where one would expect the ablative, rather than vice versa.
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I wouldn't describe "glass of water" as possession; it's not like you can say "water's glass," although the genitive is supposedly the catch-all possession marker in English.
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My subtitle should thus be read in the double sense of the genitive: the meaning of Vattimo—his philosophical importance and legacy—lies in the reflections.
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Hans Urs von Balthasar argues that we cannot take the genitive in the Pauline phrase "the faith of Jesus Christ" as simply an objective genitive, though he hesitates to attribute to the earthly Jesus the same faith required of all humans.
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In English, the genitive shows ownership, as in the phrase "the dog's collar."
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The genitive case is often used to indicate relationships, like in the expression "the manager's decision."
Synonyms
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A form of a word that shows something belongs to someone
A grammatical form that shows possession or a close relationship, usually shown with 's
A word form that shows who something belongs to, for example John's book
Compounds
- Specialized
A noun with 's that shows who owns or is closely connected to something
- Specialized
A noun using the 's form before another noun to show who owns or is connected to it
- Specialized
A grammatical form that shows possession or a close relationship, usually shown with 's
Surface Forms
Morphology
genitive = genit + ive
A learned Latin-derived formation: the stem 'genit-' is not a standalone English word and the meaning 'possession/relationship' is a technical grammatical sense not recoverable by an average learner from the components.
Etymology
Genitive comes from Latin genitivus, from genus meaning 'birth' or 'kind', the same root you see in gene and generate. So the genitive shows the 'origin' or family of something, which is why it marks possession or a close relationship.