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independent genitives

independent genitives is the plural of independent genitive.

Meaning of independent genitive

Noun

independent genitive (plural independent genitives)

  1. A grammatical construction in which a noun or pronoun in the genitive or possessive case is used independently of the noun which it possesses.

Questions about independent genitives

What is independent genitives the plural of?
Independent genitives is the plural of independent genitive.

Words near independent genitives in the dictionary

  1. independent counsel
  2. independent counsels
  3. independent function
  4. independent functions
  5. independent genitive
  6. independent genitives
  7. independent means
  8. independent mini-nation
  9. independent mini-nations
  10. Independent Olympic Participant
  11. Independent Olympic Participants

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