genitive

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: gen=i=tive

CIDE DICTIONARY

genitive, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. génitif. See Gender.].

 Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.  [1913 Webster]

genitive, n. 

 The genitive case.  [1913 Webster]

Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

genitive, n. & adj. Gram.
--n. the case of nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them) corresponding to of, from, and other prepositions and indicating possession or close association.
--adj. of or in the genitive.

Derivative

genitival adj. genitivally adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF genetif, -ive or L genitivus f. gignere genit- beget