Possessive (Noun)
Meaning
The case expressing ownership.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The possessive form of the word "book" is "book's".
- In English, the apostrophe is used to indicate the possessive case.
- In many languages, including Arabic, multiple possessive suffixes may be added to a noun.
- Russian has six cases, including the genitive and the possessive.
- Non-personal nouns use a different possessive construction, with the preposition "of".