명사나 대명사의 소유, 기원, 또는 밀접한 관계를 나타내는 격에 관한.
Relating to or denoting a grammatical case that typically indicates possession, origin, or close association.
예문:
"The genitive marker in German varies according to the gender of the noun."
"Linguists study the genitive function to understand how different languages express ownership."
소유나 소속을 나타내는 문법상의 격, 또는 그 격으로 쓰인 낱말이나 구.
The grammatical case expressing possession, or a word or phrase in that case.
예문:
"The student struggled to memorize the irregular forms of the genitive in his Russian class."
"In many Slavic languages, the genitive is used after certain prepositions to indicate origin."