possessival
possessival adjective: of or pertaining to the possessive case.
Adjective
possessival (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the possessive case.
- It looks as if the possessival termination had detached itself in the form of es or is1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
Origin of possessival
From possessive + -al.
Words that rhyme with possessival
- revival
- arrival
- survival
- rival
- adjectival
- buccogingival
- corrival
- estival
- gingival
- infinitival
- nival
- ogival
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- subnival
- substantival
- ablatival
- accusatival
- aestival
- arch-rival
- archrival
- conjunctival
- corival
- corneoconjunctival
- datival
- deprival
- derival
- diminutival
- distogingival
- genitival
- gerundival
- imperatival
- intraconjunctival
- keratoconjunctival
- myoconjunctival
- negatival
- non-arrival
- nonarrival
- nonconjunctival
- nonrival
- outrival
- passival
- perspectival
- pharyngoconjunctival
- predicatival
- relatival
- scleroconjunctival
- subconjunctival
- subgingival
- thyroprival
- transconjunctival
- unarrival
Questions about possessival
- What does possessival mean?
- Possessival means of or pertaining to the possessive case.
- What part of speech is possessival?
- Possessival is an adjective.
Words near possessival in the dictionary
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