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partitive genitive

noun

Meaning

  1. (grammar) the genitive case which represents the whole or set of which the head of a partitive phrase is a portion or subset
  2. (grammar) a use or instance of such a genitive case

Etymology / origin

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Related words

partitive dative(English)partitive ablative(English)segment(English)distributive case(English)distributive(English)partition(English)proportion(English)semiquantification(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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