genitive case
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genitive case
noun genitive cases
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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.
In very early times a man seems to have been known by a single name together with his father's name in the genitive case, e.g. Marcus Marci; […]
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noun grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession
| Español | genetivo, caso genitivo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 속격 sokgyeok |
| 日本語 | 属格 zokkaku, 生格 seikaku |
| 中文 | 屬格 /属格 shǔgé, 所有格 suǒyǒugé |
| हिन्दी | संबंध कारक sambandh kārak |
| Português | caso genitivo |
| Français | génitif |
| Deutsch | Genitiv, Wesfall, Wessenfall, zweiter Fall, Genetiv, Genetivus |
| Italiano | caso genitivo |
| Ελληνικά | γενική genikí |
| Română | genitiv, cazul genitiv |
| Русский | роди́тельный паде́ж rodítelʹnyj padéž, генитив genitiv, роди́тельный rodítelʹnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | sở hữu cách, cách sỡ hữu |
| العربية | حَالَة اَلْمُضَاف إِلَيْهِ ḥalāt al-muḍāf ʔilayhi, مَجْرُور majrūr |
| עברית | יחס הקנײן yakhas ha-knayn |
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title = {genitive case},
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