Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 4 compound words that contain genitive. The most common are listed below. Open genitive in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- genitive caseThe grammatical case, chiefly applicable to nouns, used to express a relationship of origin or possession. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition of and the suffix -'s.
- genitive absolutean independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the genitive case; present in many Indo-European languages, such as:
- partitive genitiveThe genitive case which represents the whole or set of which the head of a partitive phrase is a portion or subset; a use or instance of such a genitive case.
- Saxon genitiveA genitive construction in English formed with the possessive clitic -'s.
- adverbial genitiveA noun declined in the genitive case that functions as an adverb.
- genitive-accusativeThe use of genitive as a case of the grammatical object; exists at least in several Slavic and Finnic languages.
- genitive casesplural of genitive case: The grammatical case, chiefly applicable to nouns, used to express a relationship of origin or possession. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition of and the suffix -'s.
- headless genitiveSynonym of independent genitive: A grammatical construction in which a noun or pronoun in the genitive or possessive case is used independently of the noun which it possesses.
- independent genitiveA grammatical construction in which a noun or pronoun in the genitive or possessive case is used independently of the noun which it possesses.
- substantive genitiveSynonym of independent genitive: A grammatical construction in which a noun or pronoun in the genitive or possessive case is used independently of the noun which it possesses.
- genitive-accusativesplural of genitive-accusative: The use of genitive as a case of the grammatical object; exists at least in several Slavic and Finnic languages.
Compound words 4
- genitivelyIn a genitive way.
- nongenitiveNot genitive.
- primogenitiveFirstborn.
- philogenitiveFond of children.