"genitive-accusative" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: genitive-accusatives [plural]
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  1. (linguistics) The use of genitive as a case of the grammatical object; exists at least in several Slavic and Finnic languages. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (Translations): objektiivinen genetiivi (Finnish), genetiiviakkusatiivi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-genitive-accusative-en-noun-xr1jpsAz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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