Editing Genitive case (section)

==Semitic languages==

Genitive case marking existed in [[Proto-Semitic]], [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]], and [[Ugaritic]]. It indicated possession, and it is preserved today only in [[Arabic]].

===Akkadian===
:Nominative: ''šarrum'' (king)
:Genitive: ''aššat šarrim'' (wife of king = king's wife)

===Arabic===
Called المجرور ''al-majrūr'' (meaning "dragged") or المخفوض ''al-makhfūḍ'' (meaning "lowered") in [[Arabic]], the genitive case functions both as an indication of ownership (ex. the door '''of the house''') and for nouns following a preposition.

:Nominative: ٌبيت ''baytun'' (a house)
:Genitive: ٍبابُ بيت ''bābu baytin'' (door of a house) ِبابُ البيت ''bābu l-bayti'' (door of the house)

The Arabic genitive marking also appears after prepositions.
:e.g. ٍبابٌ لبيت ''bābun li-baytin'' (a door '''for''' a house)

The Semitic genitive should not be confused with the pronominal possessive suffixes that exist in all the Semitic languages

:e.g. Arabic بيتي ''bayt-ī'' (my house) َكتابُك ''kitābu-ka'' (your [masc.] book).