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partitive case

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
par-ti-tive -case
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

partitive cases (plural)

Questions

What does partitive case mean?
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.

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