Usually means: Ownership indicated by noun form.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (possessive case)

noun:  (grammar) case used to express direct possession, ownership, origin, etc. Though similar in many ways to the genitive case, it is not always the same. Languages that have the possessive case include English and Quenya.

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