partitive genitive

English

Noun

partitive genitive (countable and uncountable, plural partitive genitives)

  1. (grammar, uncountable) the genitive case which represents the whole or set of which the head of a partitive phrase is a portion or subset
  2. (grammar, countable) a use or instance of such a genitive case

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