attributive genitive

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Noun	1.	attributive genitive - a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective; "an example of the attributive genetive is `John's' in `John's mother'"attributive genitive casegenitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case - the case expressing ownership
Adj.	1.	attributive genitive - a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective; "an example of the attributive genitive is `John's' in `John's mother'"grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)attributive, prenominal - of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'"

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