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Definition of Genitival
1. a. Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb.
Definition of Genitival
1. Adjective. Having genitive form; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb ¹
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Definition of Genitival
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genitival
| geniting genitings genitival (current term) genitivally genitive genitive-accusative genitive-case genitive case genitive cases genitively | genitives genitoinguinal ligament |
Literary usage of Genitival
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament by Heinrich Ewald (1891)
"Words in attraction (in the construct state):2 the genitival and other similar
relations. 286a. The proper completion of the noun is the construct state ..."
2. The philology of the English tongue by John Earle (1880)
"genitival adverbs are now antiquated, and a certain obscurity rests even on those
which remain in ... Other instances of the genitival adverb are eastwards, ..."
3. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"There are traces in the Indo-European family of languages themselves of the use
of in as a distinctively genitival suffix. The Celtic forms its genitive ..."
4. The English Language by Robert Gordon Latham (1855)
"Besides this, the form of the two numbers is neither identical, nor equally
genitival; as may be seen by contrasting mi-n and thi-n with ou-r and you-r. ..."
5. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"There are traces in the Indo-European family of languages themselves of the use
of in as a distinctively genitival suffix. The Celtic forms its genitive ..."
6. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"Whil-st is a genitival form, with addition of excrescent /. Why, AS huy, is the
instrumental case of who. Since, short for sithen-s, is due to AS si3 3dm, ..."
7. A Short Comparative Grammar of English and German: As Traced Back to Their by Victor Henry (1894)
"In fact, here, the genitival s was likewise preceded by an unaccented vowel; and,
in consequence, from the whole genitival ending, ..."
8. Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament by Heinrich Ewald (1891)
"Words in attraction (in the construct state):2 the genitival and other similar
relations. 286a. The proper completion of the noun is the construct state ..."
9. The philology of the English tongue by John Earle (1880)
"genitival adverbs are now antiquated, and a certain obscurity rests even on those
which remain in ... Other instances of the genitival adverb are eastwards, ..."
10. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"There are traces in the Indo-European family of languages themselves of the use
of in as a distinctively genitival suffix. The Celtic forms its genitive ..."
11. The English Language by Robert Gordon Latham (1855)
"Besides this, the form of the two numbers is neither identical, nor equally
genitival; as may be seen by contrasting mi-n and thi-n with ou-r and you-r. ..."
12. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"There are traces in the Indo-European family of languages themselves of the use
of in as a distinctively genitival suffix. The Celtic forms its genitive ..."
13. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"Whil-st is a genitival form, with addition of excrescent /. Why, AS huy, is the
instrumental case of who. Since, short for sithen-s, is due to AS si3 3dm, ..."
14. A Short Comparative Grammar of English and German: As Traced Back to Their by Victor Henry (1894)
"In fact, here, the genitival s was likewise preceded by an unaccented vowel; and,
in consequence, from the whole genitival ending, ..."
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