genitive

The species name populi is a Latin singular noun in the genitive case meaning "of the people."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026

During the Force Majeure show, Izzard gets to grips with German sentence structure and declensions, earning knowing applause from the Berlin crowd for his perfect use of the fiendishly tricky genitive case at one stage.

From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2014

The genitive you are mine / is a phrase I cherished only when I'd moved on / and couldn't use it.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2013

But that has nothing to do with the antecedent being in the genitive case; it’s just as much of a problem in Sophie and her mother think she’s fat.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Definiteness can be marked by other th-words such as this, that, these, and those, or with a genitive noun, as in Claire’s knee or Jerry’s kids.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

In phrases such as “son of the father,” or “father of the son,” the genitives have the same effect.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller

In our own language once, twice, needs, are all genitives; seldom is a dative.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Two genitives dependent on one another, unless familiarised by idiom, have an awkward effect in English.

From Charmides by Benjamin Jowett

But the two genitives, Patris, majestatis, suggest the accusative Patrem; and already the addition of Spiritum has suggested the inclusion, under Te, of the Three Persons.

From The Prayer Book Explained by Percival Jackson

Shakspeare, for example, uses Lucrece and cockatrice as genitives.

From Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell