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Definition of genitive noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

genitive

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈdʒɛnət̮ɪv//
 
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(in some languages) the special form of a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective that is used to show possession or close connection between two things compare ablative, accusative, dative, nominative, possessive, vocative
genitive adjective
 
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See genitive in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary