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partitive cases

partitive cases is the plural of partitive case.

Meaning of partitive case

Noun

partitive case (plural partitive cases)

  1. A noun case used to indicate that an object is affected only partially by the verb, or that the effect is not real. It often corresponds roughly to the English words "some" or "any." It is similar in many ways to the genitive case. Some languages that make use of the partitive case include Finnish and Estonian.

Questions about partitive cases

What is partitive cases the plural of?
Partitive cases is the plural of partitive case.

Words near partitive cases in the dictionary

  1. partitive ablative
  2. partitive ablatives
  3. partitive article
  4. partitive articles
  5. partitive case
  6. partitive cases
  7. partitive dative
  8. partitive datives
  9. partitive genitive
  10. partitive genitives
  11. partitively

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