attributive genitive

Noun
  1. A word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective (synset 106322991)
    "an example of the attributive genetive is `John's' in `John's mother'"
    is a type of: genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case - the case expressing ownership
    same as: attributive genitive case
Adjective
  1. A word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective (synset 300174035)
    "an example of the attributive genitive is `John's' in `John's mother'"
    referred to in: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
    similar to: attributive, prenominal - of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify

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