"Saxon genitive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Saxon genitives [plural]
Etymology: So named because the possessive was one of the only productive relics of the Anglo-Saxon declensional system. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Saxon genitive (plural Saxon genitives)
  1. (linguistics) A genitive construction in English formed with the possessive clitic -'s. Wikipedia link: English possessive Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-Saxon_genitive-en-noun-l1TPfAx6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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