possessival

English

Etymology

From 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.