genitives
- plural of genitive.
Example Sentences
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The explanation seems to be that these names are true genitives, and that John Parsons was John the Parson's man, while John Monks was employed by the monastery.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
The genitives dës and wës may be used adverbially in the sense of therefore, wherefore; and likewise many nouns: tages, by day; dës sëlben tages, the same day; nahtes, by night.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
Beetle sat down relieved, well knowing that a reef of uncharted genitives stretched ahead of him, on which in spite of M'Turk's sailing-directions he would infallibly have been wrecked.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard
Very many of the Greek "genitives absolute," we remember, were to be rendered by quum, with a subjunctive pluperfect—an enormous mystery to us at the time.
From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry
Two genitives dependent on one another, unless familiarised by idiom, have an awkward effect in English.
From Charmides by Jowett, Benjamin
