genitive

See also: Genitive and génitive

English

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin casus genitīvus, literally "case pertaining to origin, birth", from genitus the perfect passive participle of gignō (“beget”).

Adjective

genitive (not comparable)

(grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses a quality, origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

Translations

of or pertaining to the case of possession

Arabic: إِضَافِيّ‎‎ (ʾiḍāfiyy), جَرِّيّ‎‎ (jarriyy)
Armenian: սեռական (hy) (seṙakan)
Basque: genitibo
Bulgarian: родителен (rodítelen)
Catalan: genitiu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 所有的 (suǒyǒu de)
Czech: genitivní
Danish: genitiv (da)
Dutch: genitief (nl) m
Estonian: omastav (et)
Finnish: genetiivi- (fi), genetiivinen
French: génitif (fr) m, génitive (fr) f
Galician: xenitivo m
Georgian: ნათესაობითი (ka) (natesaobiti), ნათესაობითი ბრუნვა (ka) (natesaobiti brunva)
German: genitivisch (de)
Hebrew: יחס הקניין \ יַחַס הַקִּנְיָן‎‎ m (yákhas ha-kinyán)

Hungarian: birtokos (hu)
Icelandic: eignarfalls- (is) (in compounds)
Irish: ginideach (ga)
Japanese: 属格 (ja) (ぞっかく, zokkaku), (for Slavic) 生格 (ja) (せいかく, seikaku)
Latin: genetivus (la)
Latvian: ģenitīvs (lv)
Old English: agniendlic casus
Polish: dopełniacz (pl)
Portuguese: genitivo (pt)
Russian: роди́тельный (ru) (rodítelʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: ginideach
Slovak: genitívny
Slovene: rodilniški
Spanish: genitivo (es)
Swedish: genitiv (sv)
Turkish: tamlayan (tr)

Noun

genitive (countable and uncountable, plural genitives)

(grammar, uncountable) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
(grammar, countable) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.

Translations

inflection pattern

Albanian: gjinore (sq) f
Arabic: حَالَة اَلْمُضَاف إِلَيْهِ‎‎ f (ḥalāt al-muḍāf ʾilayhi), مَجْرُور‎‎ m (majrūr)
Armenian: սեռական հոլով (seṙakan holov)
Basque: genitibo
Belarusian: ро́дны склон m (ródny sklon), ро́дны m (ródny)
Bulgarian: роди́телен паде́ж m (rodítelen padéž)
Catalan: genitiu (ca) m
Chechen: доланиг дожар (dolanig dožar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 屬格 (zh), 属格 (zh) (shǔgé), 所有格 (zh) (suǒyǒugé)
Czech: genitiv (cs) m, druhý pád m
Danish: ejefald
Dutch: tweede naamval (nl) m, genitief (nl) m
Erzya: чачтниця (čačtnicja)
Esperanto: genitivo (eo)
Estonian: omastav (et), genitiiv (et)
Faroese: hvørsfall (fo) n
Finnish: genetiivi (fi)
French: génitif (fr) m
Georgian: ნათესაობითი (ka) (natesaobiti)
German: Genitiv (de) m, Wesfall (de) m, Wessenfall m, zweiter Fall m
Greek: γενική (el) f (genikí)
Hebrew: יחס הקנײן‎‎ m (yakhas ha-knayn)
Hungarian: birtokos eset (hu)
Icelandic: eignarfall (is) n
Ingrian: genetiivi
Irish: ginideach (ga) m
Italian: caso genitivo m
Japanese: 属格 (ja) (ぞっかく, zokkaku), 生格 (ja) (せいかく, seikaku)

Korean: 속격 (ko) (sokgyeok)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} casus genitivus m , genitivus m, casus possessivus
Latvian: ģenitīvs (lv) m
Lithuanian: kilmininkas (lt) m
Middle Persian: 'wbš
Mongolian: харьяалах (mn) (harʹjaalah), харьяалахын тийн ялгал (harʹjaalahyn tijn jalgal)
Northern Sami: genitiiva
Norwegian: genitiv (no) m
Novial: genitive
Polish: dopełniacz (pl) m inan
Portuguese: caso genitivo m
Romanian: cazul genitiv m
Russian: роди́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (rodítelʹnyj padéž), генитив (ru) m (genitiv), роди́тельный (ru) m (rodítelʹnyj)
Rusyn: ґенітів m (genitiv)
Scottish Gaelic: tuiseal ginideach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: генитив m

Roman: genitiv (sh) m
Slovak: druhý pád m, genitív (sk) m
Slovene: rodilnik (sl) m
Spanish: genetivo m, caso genitivo m
Swedish: genitiv (sv)
Telugu: షష్ఠీ విభక్తి (te) (ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti)
Turkish: tamlayan durumu (tr), tamlayan hâli (tr)
Ukrainian: родови́й відмі́нок (uk) m (rodovýj vidmínok), родови́й (uk) m (rodovýj)
Vietnamese: sinh cách
Volapük: kimafal, genitif (vo)
Votic: genetiivi
Welsh: genidol m

word in the genitive inflection

Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 所有格的詞, ^{(please verify)} 所有格的词 (suǒyǒugé de cí)
Finnish: genetiivi (fi)
Irish: ginideach (ga)
Polish: dopełniacz (pl) m inan
Portuguese: genitivo (pt) m
Romanian: genitiv (ro) n

Russian: сло́во в роди́тельном падеже́ n (slóvo v rodítelʹnom padežé)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: генитив m

Roman: genitiv (sh) m
Swedish: genitiv (sv) c, n
Turkish: tamlayan (tr)

Derived terms

genitive absolute

Latin

Adjective

genitīve

vocative masculine singular of genitīvus

Romanian

Noun

genitive

plural of genitiv

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