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possessival

adj

possessival

adj

Etymology From possessive + -al.

1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of or pertaining to the possessive case.

  • It looks as if the possessival termination had detached itself in the form of es or is1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:

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