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Partitive  adj.  (Gram.) Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.






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... after the preposition de, similar to the ordinary participial or adjectival use, as in the expression: Il n'y a que vous de serieux. Compare "Je n'ai qu'elle de fille" (Moliere, le Medecin malgre lui, II, 4). These, and similar expressions, are an outgrowth of the partitive genitive, usually found after an indefinite: II n'y a rien de nouveau (that is to say, parmi les choses nouvelles). Quelque chose de nouveau. Qu'y a-t-il de nouveau? Cent soldats de prisonniers. Y a-t-il personne d'assez hardi? etc. Compare ...
— A Selection from the Comedies of Marivaux • Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux



Words linked to "Partitive" :   disjunctive, word, partition



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