genitive
adjective
gen·i·tive
ˈje-nə-tiv
1
: of, relating to, or being a grammatical case (see case entry 1 sense 3a) that typically marks a person or thing that possesses someone or something else or the source from which someone or something comes compare possessive
2
: expressing a relationship that in some inflected languages is often marked by a genitive case
—used especially of English prepositional phrases introduced by of
genitive
noun
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