# inalienable possession

> in linguistics, a type of possession in which a noun is obligatorily possessed by a possessor; e.g. “hand” or “mother” implies someone’s hand or mother; in English, “father of Mary” is acceptable (because inalienable), but “squirrel of Mary” is not

**Wikidata**: [Q474418](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q474418)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inalienable_possession)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/inalienable-possession