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ATTRIBUTIVE GENITIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective
Example:
an example of the attributive genetive is 'John's' in 'John's mother'
Synonyms:
attributive genitive; attributive genitive case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("attributive genitive" is a kind of...):
genitive; genitive case; possessive; possessive case (the case expressing ownership)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective
Example:
an example of the attributive genitive is 'John's' in 'John's mother'
Classified under:
Similar:
attributive; prenominal (of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
