Grammatical case that marks a word as modifying another word, indicating possession, composition, etc.
1He further notes some curious uses of the genitive case, e.g.
2It has all to do with the genitive case as perfected by our Gaelic ancestors.
3The genitive case denotes dependence; the dative, transmission.
4For plebeians like us the usage would have been to use the father's name in the genitive case.
5Perhaps Mr Flynn is under the impression that the genitive case possesses no function other than that of confusing would-be students.
6Where in the original the Greek word "cave" is in the genitive case, not as it should be, dative.
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Translations for genitive case