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Word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
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partitive
Word definitions for partitive in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 that divides something into parts 2 (context grammar English) indicating a part rather than the whole of something; e.g. some n. (context grammar English) a partitive word, phrase or case
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Partitive \Par"ti*tive\, n. (Gram.) A word or phrase expressing partition, or denoting a part; as, the phrase ``of the team'' in ``half of the team''.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In linguistics, the partitive is a word, phrase, or case that indicates partialness. Nominal partitives are syntactic constructions, such as "some of the children", and may be classified semantically as either set partitives or entity partitives based on ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole; "a partitive construction" indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts; "partitive tendencies in education" ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "having the quality of dividing into parts," from Late Latin partitivus , from Latin partitus , past participle of partire "to divide" (see part (v.)).
Usage examples of partitive.
In Namárië in LotR, Tolkien used falmalinnar as the partitive plural allative of the noun falma "(foaming) wave", so writers who want to use a strictly LotR-style form of Quenya may opt for the forms with double plural marking.
Perhaps this can also be analyzed as a partitive genitive, if something located in a place is somehow considered a part of that place.