partitive case

Noun

Meaning

partitive case (plural partitive cases)

(grammar) 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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

nominative case oblique case possessive case ablative case genitive case dative case objective case accusative case vocative case instrumental case ergative case locative case prepositional case latin case

Close letter words and terms

partitionment partitive partitive ablative partitive dative partitive genitive partitively