English Dictionary

genitive

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈd͡ʒɛnətɪv/

形容詞

比較不可

(grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses a quality, origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

日本語の意味

属格：名詞の格の一つで、所有、起源、または性質を表す格。英語の「possessive case」に相当します。

The linguistics professor explained the genitive form with several examples from Latin.

言語学の教授は、ラテン語のいくつかの例を用いて属格の形を説明した。

意味（1）

(grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses a quality, origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

The student who had taken a German exam realised his error afterwards. He had used the dative case instead of the genitive case to show possession.