partitive
/pahr-ti-tiv/US // ˈpɑr tɪ tɪv //UK // (ˈpɑːtɪtɪv) //
分词,分歧性,分裂性,分词性
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : serving to divide into parts.
- : Grammar. noting part of a whole: the Latin partitive genitive.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Grammar. a partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men.
Examples
In the classical languages the partitive power was expressed by the genitive.
(b.) Etahi may be considered as corresponding to the partitive article des of the French.
The partitive words that can combine with singular pronouns are comparatively few, viz.
Here a partitive sense is hinted: I shall know (some) music.
It is not a predicate adjective, but a partitive genitive after hwt.
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