partitive dative

partitive dative

English

Noun

partitive dative (countable and uncountable, plural partitive datives)

  1. (grammar, uncountable) the dative 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 dative case

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