Genitive Case
Definition:
Genitive case is a case in which the referent of the marked noun is the possessor of the referent of another noun.
Discussion:
In some languages, genitive case may express an associative relation between the marked noun and another noun.
Examples:
(English)
- The man's foot
- The man's brother
- The man's singing
- The man's book
- The man's picture
Source:
161
94–95, 180
82, 172
511
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.