n. & adj. Gram.
--n. the case of nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them) corresponding to of, from, and other prepositions and indicating possession or close association.
--adj. of or in the genitive.
Derivatives:
genitival adj. genitivally adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF genetif, -ive or L genitivus f. gignere genit- beget