possessival

English

Etymology

possessive +‎ -al

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪvəl

Adjective

possessival (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to the possessive case.
    • 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
      It looks as if the possessival termination had detached itself in the form of es or is

References

possessival in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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