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

The clumsy examples above show that long and complicated subjects are best left unmarked, whereas simpler ones like pronouns work well in the genitive, as in I appreciate your coming over to help.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

In other words, why do we call him and them accusatives rather than datives or genitives?

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

It is one of the common genitives of the Gaelic dialects, and as such is important, for it is not recognised in Welsh or Breton. 

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Henry Jenner

Our ancestors knew nothing of our mode of making genitives by turned commas.

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

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

If there is a succession of genitives, only the last noun can have an article. 

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Henry Jenner