Editing Umbrian language (section)

===== Genitive =====
Like Latin, the genitive case was utilized to communicate both partitive and objective relationships between nouns. The partitive genitive, in which the genitive communicates that the noun is a smaller component of the genitive noun, appears in Umbrian sentences such as "{{Lang|xum|'''mestru karu fratru'''}}," meaning "greater part '''of the [Arvales] brothers'''." However, unlike Latin, the partitive genitive in Umbrian may have also functioned as a [[Subject (grammar)|subject]] in certain circumstances, a grammatical property that appears in [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Avestan]], and—rarely—[[Greek language|Greek]]. This usage of the genitive is possibly attested in the sentence "," meaning "[whether] any '''of them''' are to be accepted." The genitive of possession, in which the genitive term is marked as the possessor, possibly appears in Umbrian sentences such as {{Lang|xum|popluper totar Iiouinar}}, translating to "for the people '''of the city of Iguvium'''." However, within this sentence, the genitive could either be functioning in its capacity as a partitive or possessive genitive. Likewise, the genitive of characteristic may appear in the sentence "{{Lang|xum|pisest totar Tarsinater}}," meaning "whoever is '''of the city of Tadinatus'''," although in this sentence the genitive may either be functioning as a genitive of characteristic or as a partitive genitive. The objective genitive, in which the genitive functions to communicate the object of nouns with verbal connotations, appears in Umbrian sentences such as "{{Lang|xum|'''katle tiçel'''}}," meaning "dedication '''of the sacrificial animal'''," and "{{Lang|xum|'''arsier frite'''}}," meaning "confidence in the '''holy one'''."{{Sfn|Buck|1904|p=195}}