| possessive adjective |
| Definition: An adjective that shows ownership or possession, e.g., my, thy, his, her, its, our, your, and their. |
| Example: This is my Bud. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: The term's first citation is from 1870: "The New Teutonic pronouns take the inflexions of the strong declension of the adjective, where they are used as possessive adjectives, as Germ. mein, meine, mein, gen. meines, meiner, meines." (Helfenstein Comp. Gram. Teut. Lang. 199) |