English Explanatory Dictionary

independent genitive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

independent genitive independent genitives

Etymology

From independent + genitive.

Synonyms

headless genitive independent possessive substantive genitive
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