| 释义 |
genitive
gen·i·tive G0085400 (jĕn′ĭ-tĭv)adj.1. Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case expressing possession, measurement, or source.2. Of or relating to an affix or construction, such as a prepositional phrase, characteristic of the genitive case.n.1. The genitive case.2. A word or form in the genitive case.
[Middle English genetif, from Latin genetīvus, from genitus, past participle of gignere, to beget; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]genitive (ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv) grammaradj (Grammar) denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in inflected languages used to indicate a relation of ownership or association, usually translated by English ofn (Grammar) a. the genitive caseb. a word or speech element in this case[C14: from Latin genetīvus relating to birth, from gignere to produce] genitival adj ˌgeniˈtivally advgen•i•tive (ˈdʒɛn ɪ tɪv)
adj. 1. of or designating a grammatical case typically indicating possession, measure, origin, or other close association, as painter's, week's, author's, and women's in the painter's brush, a week's pay, the author's book, and women's colleges. 2. pertaining to a construction similar to such a case in function or meaning, esp. in English a prepositional phrase with of, as in the home of the mayor. n. 3. the genitive case. 4. a word or other form in the genitive case. 5. a construction expressing a relationship usu. indicated by the genitive case. [1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin genitīvus= Latin genit(us), past participle of gignere to beget + -īvus -ive] genitiveA noun case that indicates possession, measurement, or source.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | genitive - the case expressing ownershipgenitive case, possessive, possessive caseoblique, oblique case - any grammatical case other than the nominativeattributive genitive, attributive genitive case - 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'" | | Adj. | 1. | genitive - serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"possessivegrammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
Translationsgenitive (ˈdʒenitiv) noun (the case or form of) a noun, pronoun etc which shows possession. In John's hat, `John's' is in the genitive / is a genitive; (also adjective) the genitive case. 所有格 所有格genitive
genitive (jĕn`ĭtĭv) [Lat.,=genetic], in Latin grammar, the casecase,
in language, one of the several possible forms of a given noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function (see inflection); in inflected languages it is usually indicated by a series of suffixes attached to a stem, as in Latin amicus,
..... Click the link for more information. typically used to refer to a possessor. The term is used in the grammar of other languages, but the phenomenon referred to may not closely resemble a Latin genitive; thus a Latin genitive will be translated by a number of different cases in Finnish. Such forms in English as his and father's are said to be genitive, or, more often, possessive.AcronymsSeeGENgenitive
Related to genitive: double genitive, accusativeSynonyms for genitivenoun the case expressing ownershipSynonyms- genitive case
- possessive
- possessive case
Related Words- oblique
- oblique case
- attributive genitive
- attributive genitive case
adj serving to express or indicate possessionSynonymsRelated Words |