1. [n]  the case expressing ownership
2. [adj]  (grammar) serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"

GENITIVE is a 8 letter word that starts with G.

1. \Gen"i*tive\, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum,
   to beget: cf. F. g['e]nitif. See {Gender}.] (Gram.)
   Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin
   and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It
   corresponds to the possessive case in English.
   
   

2. \Gen"i*tive\, n. (Gram.)
   The genitive case.
   
   {Genitive absolute}, a construction in Greek similar to the
      ablative absolute in Latin. See {Ablative absolute}.