- In linguistics, the
partitive is a word, phrase, or case that
indicates partialness.
Nominal partitives are
syntactic constructions, such as "some of...
- The
partitive case (abbreviated PTV, PRTV, or more
ambiguously PART) is a
grammatical case
which denotes "partialness", "without result", or "without...
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Partible inheritance,
sometimes also
called partitive, is a
system of
inheritance in
which property is
apportioned among heirs. It
contrasts in particular...
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Partitive plural is a
grammatical number that is used to
modify a noun
which represents a part of some
whole amount, as
opposed to the
comprehensive plural...
- coffee? For more information, see the
article on the
French partitive article.
Haida has a
partitive article (suffixed -gyaa)
referring to "part of something...
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indicated by the noun
being modified ("Janet's husband")
composition (see
Partitive):
substance ("a
wheel of cheese")
elements ("a
group of men")
source ("a...
- A
partitive numeral is a form of a
numeral that
expresses a
fraction rather than a
whole number.
Examples include 'half', 'two fifths', and 'one quarter'...
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table by a unit of length, the
distance between markings.
Thought of
partitively, a
division problem might be
solved by
sorting the
initial quantity into...
- dual
number in
addition to
singular and plural. The
genitive was used
partitively and in
compounds and
kennings (e.g., Urðarbrunnr, the well of Urðr; Lokasenna...
- of the
partitive plural is
rather variable, but the
basic principle is to add '-i-' to the
inflecting stem,
followed by the '-(t)a'
partitive ending....
