genitive case
grammatical case that marks a word as modifying another word, indicating possession, composition, etc.
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genitive case
Summary
genitive case is a case[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of case entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,269 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- genitive case's instance of is recorded as case[3].
- genitive case is a type of inflected form[4].
- genitive case is a type of case[5].
- genitive case is the opposite of non-genitive[6].
- genitive case's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
- genitive case's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
- genitive case's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
- genitive case's described by source is recorded as Towards a typology of morphological case[10].
- genitive case's short name is recorded as GEN[11].
- genitive case's different from is recorded as proprietive case[12].
- genitive case's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#genitiveCase[13].
- genitive case's P14692 is recorded as Hamburg-Altstadt[14].
- genitive case's P14892 is recorded as GenitiveCase[15].
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Definition and Type
genitive case's instance of is recorded as case[3]. Recorded subclass of include inflected form[4] and case[5]. It is the opposite of non-genitive[6].
Why It Matters
genitive case ranks in the top 2% of case entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,269 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]