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genetive

genetive is the archaic spelling of genitive.

Meaning of genitive

Adjective

genitive (not comparable)

  1. Of a grammatical case: in an inflected language (such as Greek or Latin), expressing that a thing denoted by a word is related to a thing denoted by another word as its origin or possessor; and in an uninflected language (such as English), expressing origin or possession; possessive.
    • dependent genitive
  2. Of, pertaining to, or used in the genitive case.
  3. (archaic) Of or pertaining to the generation of offspring; generative, procreative, reproductive.
    Synonyms:
    progenitive

See all 4 meanings of genitive

Forms of genetive

pluralgenetives

Origin of genetive

A variant of genitive; compare Latin genetīvus with genitīvus.

Questions about genetive

What is genetive the archaic spelling of?
Genetive is the archaic spelling of genitive.

Words near genetive in the dictionary

  1. geneticize
  2. geneticized
  3. geneticizes
  4. geneticizing
  5. genetics
  6. genetive
  7. genetives
  8. genetous
  9. genetrap
  10. genetraps
  11. genetrices

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Adapted from Wiktionary: genetive (page history and authors); genitive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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