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genitive case - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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genitive case (plural genitive cases)

Examples
  • John’s milkJohn’s is in the genitive (and in the possessive) case.
  • glass of milkmilk is in the genitive (but not in the possessive) case.
  1. (grammar) 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.
    Synonym: genitive

grammatical case used to express a relationship of origin or possession