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Attributive genitive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Attributive genitive has 2 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective

"an example of the attributive genetive is `John's' in `John's mother'"

Adjective
1

a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective

"an example of the attributive genitive is `John's' in `John's mother'"

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
genitive
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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