(indicating possession)
21apostrophe — apostrophe1 [ə pɒstrəfi] noun a punctuation mark ( ) used to indicate either possession (e.g. Harry s book) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g. can t; 1 Jan. 99). Origin C16: via late L., from Gk apostrophos, from apostrephein turn away …
22possessive — pos•ses•sive [[t]pəˈzɛs ɪv[/t]] adj. 1) desiring to dominate or be the only influence on someone 2) of or pertaining to possession or ownership 3) gram. indicating possession, ownership, origin, etc., as Jane s in Jane s coat. His in his book is… …
23double possessive — noun : a syntactic construction in English consisting of the preposition of followed by a noun in the possessive case (as of Bill s in a friend of Bill s) or by a possessive pronoun (as of mine in this brain of mine) and having the same meaning… …
24knowing — I. noun Date: 14th century acquaintance, cognizance II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. having or reflecting knowledge, information, or intelligence 2. a. shrewdly and keenly alert ; astute < a …
25Tāʾ marbūṭa — The unicode|tāʾ marbūṭa ( ar. تاء مربوطة, bound unicode|tāʾ ) is a variant of the letter tāʾ used at the end of words. It mostly exists in grammatically feminine words. It denotes the sound /IPA|h/, and when in construct state, /IPA|t/. The… …
26Sesotho verbs — Notes: *The orthography used in this and related articles is that of South Africa, not Lesotho. For a discussion of the differences between the two see the notes on Sesotho orthography. *Hovering the mouse cursor over most H:title| [ɪ talɪk] |… …
27Basque language — Language spoken by an estimated 1,000,000 Basque people living in the Basque Country of north central Spain and southwestern France. About 200,000 Basques live in other parts of the world. The only remnant of the languages spoken in western… …
28De Lucy — or de Luci [1] is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Lucé in Normandy,[2] one of the great baronial Anglo Norman families which became rooted in England after the Norman conquest. The first records are about Adrian de Luci …
29-wick — Suffix indicating possession of a post or office, e.g. *bailiwick. [< OldEngl. wice = office, function] Cf. Wickner …
30diaz(o)- — a prefix indicating possession of the group N N …
