partitive
Indicating a part
Partitive describes a part of a whole rather than the whole itself.
In grammar, partitive constructions indicate a portion: some of the cake, a piece of bread, none of the students.
The partitive article in French and Italian serves this function where English uses "some" or no article at all.
As a noun, a partitive is a word or construction expressing this relationship.
Case expressing ownership
- quantifierWord expressing amount
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- indefiniteNot precisely determined
- someIndefinite quantity
any · many · few · several · countable · uncountable · classifier · determiner
A portion or segment
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- slicePortion cut off
- fractionPart divided by whole
- subsetCollection within collection
share · division · quantity · amount · measure · constituent · component · element
Case expressing ownership
- nominativeCase marking sentence subjects
- accusativeCase for direct objects
- dativeCase showing indirect object
- ablativeRemoving by erosion
locative · instrumental · vocative · declension · inflection · singular · plural · dual
genitive
Case expressing ownership
- quantifierWord expressing amount
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- indefiniteNot precisely determined
some · any · many · few · several · countable · uncountable · classifier · determiner · morpheme
piece
A portion or segment
subset · share · division · quantity · amount · measure · constituent · component · element · sample
genitive
Case expressing ownership
- nominativeCase marking sentence subjects
- accusativeCase for direct objects
- dativeCase showing indirect object
ablative · locative · instrumental · vocative · declension · inflection · singular · plural · dual · oblique
partitivewhole
Full and undivided
totality · entirety · holistic · comprehensive · complete
partitiveconjunctive
Serving to connect
cumulative · additive · collective · aggregative · combinatory
- partition wallsInterior walls separating spaces
- glass partitionTransparent dividing panel
- partition actionCourt-ordered property division
- office partitionsFreestanding workplace dividers
- disk partitionDivided storage section