genitive absolute (English, noun)
expansion: genitive absolute (plural genitives absolute or genitive absolutes)
Senses:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the genitive case; present in many Indo-European languages, such as:
in Ancient Greek, more frequent than the accusative absolute and the nominative absolute
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the genitive case; present in many Indo-European languages, such as:
in Sanskrit later to the locative absolute
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the genitive case; present in many Indo-European languages, such as:
in Avestan
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the genitive case; present in many Indo-European languages, such as:
in Armenian
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the genitive case; present in many Indo-European languages, such as:
in Tocharian, not so common
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the genitive case; present in many Indo-European languages, such as:
in Middle Dutch, early modern Dutch and (vestigially) modern Dutch
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the genitive case; present in many Indo-European languages, such as:
rarely in Middle High German
Forms:
form: genitives absolute
tags: plural
form: genitive absolutes
tags: plural