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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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