partitiveadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːtᵻtɪv/, U.S.

/ˈpɑrdədɪv/

Forms: Middle English partityf, Middle English partytyf, Middle English–1500s partitiue, 1500s partityve, 1600s partatiue, 1600s– partitive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin partitivus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin partitivus relating to division into parts (from 13th cent. in British sources, in grammar (including c1230–50 in the passage translated in quot. a1398 at sense A. a) and in logic) < classical Latin partītus partite adj. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French, French partitif (1550; c1380 as partitis).

A. adj.

a. Grammar. Denoting a linguistic element (esp. a noun, pronoun, or adjective) used to indicate that only part of a collective whole is referred to. In early use frequently as postmodifier.partitive genitive: see Compounds.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [adjective] > other spec.

numerala1398

partitivea1398

gentile1542

indefinitive1598

illative1611

integral1668

collective1751

modal1845

parti-generic1939

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 9^v Of nounes adiectiue somme beþ I-clepid partitiue [L. partitiva] as aliquis alius and oþur suche.

c1450 in D. Thomson Middle Eng. Grammatical Texts (1984) 34 How knoweste the genityf case? By my signes, as ‘of’ aftur a noun substantyf, a noun partytyf, a distributyf, [etc.].

1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria f. 5^v The nowne partitiue, as aliquis, quisquam: and euery nowne set as a nowne partitiue shall agree with the genitiue case folowynge in gendre.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 29 Nownes partityves and distributyves as tout, nul.

1590 J. Stockwood Eng. Accidence 33 Somtime of a noune partitiue or distributiue.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Partitive, in grammar, distributive; as a noun partitive.

1876 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. (ed. 4) ii. 417 The Plural Genitive of the Thing Distributed is a divisible Whole, and depends on Partitive Words indicating that one or more Parts (or no Part) of such Whole are taken.

1937 Times 3 Mar. 10/4 The partitive article dil, corresponding to the modern French du, has become fused with the noun.

1998 Euralex '98 Proc. I. ii. 58 The complement of the general noun can only be elided (or topicalised) if the partitive clitic en is present.

b. Having the quality or function of dividing into parts; characterized by or indicating division or partition.

ΚΠ

1912 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 9 425 The Partitive Soul. From this plurality of souls it is only a natural step to regard the soul as divided into a number of fairly distinct parts.

1969 Indian Music Jrnl. 5 71 We shall not achieve one world until..we have faced in ourselves the partitive disorder that everywhere thwarts the attainment of it.

2000 Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes (Nexis) 82 What is crucial for the occurrence or elimination of the base-rate fallacy is the absence or presence, respectively, of what can be called a partitive formulation of the conditional likelihood datum.

B. n.

Grammar. A partitive construction; a noun or pronoun used as the first term in such a construction.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > other spec.

numeral1530

partitive1530

inclusive1533

gentile1569

illative1591

note1607

collective1751

ordinativea1831

resumptive1832

similative1903

applicative1925

particle1925

adposition1972

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 74 Pronownes, unto which I joyne, by cause of lykenesse in nature, partityves.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. E4 Partitiues will haue a Genitiue case.

1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 28 So that Matthewes partatiue, and Markes collectiue doe note one thing.

1665 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts (rev. ed.) 133 This order is changed in the oblique cases of the Relative qui, of Interrogatives, Indefinites, and Partitives.

1876 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. (ed. 4) ii. 418 Partitives sometimes take the Gen. of a Collective Noun: ‘Plato totius Græciæ doctissimus fuit’.

1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 13 Besides these, comitatives, similatives, partitives, and suffixes expressing similar ideas, are found.

1978 Amer. Speech 53 26 Personal pronouns must bear the feature [+ definite] because they can follow partitives (such as some of, all of) and as for.

1993 Appl. Linguistics 14 91 The effect of partitives is apparently to inhibit (s) but this result should be interpreted cautiously since there were only 11 tokens of nouns modified by partitive expressions in the Chinese data.

Compounds

partitive genitive n. Grammar a genitive used to indicate the whole of which the entity expressed by the head of the partitive expression is a part, frequently expressed in English by the ‘of’ construction (e.g. ‘a piece of bread’).

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > genitive > partitive genitive

partitive genitive1854

1854 Biblical Repertory 26 277 A circumlocution for the partitive genitive.

1899 E. Anwyl Welsh Gram. §380 After the adjective llawn, ‘full’, what was probably an old Partitive Genitive, has survived in the dependent noun.

1992 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 89 The prepositional phrase of eþare wine, which is traditionally called a ‘partitive genitive’, can be explained as a ‘locative’ (‘ablative’) form.

partitive judgement n. Logic rare a judgement that divides a genus into its component species.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > disjunctive or alternative proposition

discretivec1525

disjunctive1533

disjunction1588

alternant1790

alternation1883

partitive judgement1895

disjunct1921

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > apprehending a relation between two concepts > a judgement regarding

judgement1860

partitive judgement1895

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Partitive judgment, a judgment that, under form of a disjunctive, predicates of a genus its several species; as ‘Indians are either North-American or South-American’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	partitive
释义	partitiveadj.n. Brit. /ˈpɑːtᵻtɪv/, U.S. /ˈpɑrdədɪv/ Forms: Middle English partityf, Middle English partytyf, Middle English–1500s partitiue, 1500s partityve, 1600s partatiue, 1600s– partitive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin partitivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin partitivus relating to division into parts (from 13th cent. in British sources, in grammar (including c1230–50 in the passage translated in quot. a1398 at sense A. a) and in logic) < classical Latin partītus partite adj. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French, French partitif (1550; c1380 as partitis). A. adj. a. Grammar. Denoting a linguistic element (esp. a noun, pronoun, or adjective) used to indicate that only part of a collective whole is referred to. In early use frequently as postmodifier.partitive genitive: see Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [adjective] > other spec. numerala1398 partitivea1398 gentile1542 indefinitive1598 illative1611 integral1668 collective1751 modal1845 parti-generic1939 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 9^v Of nounes adiectiue somme beþ I-clepid partitiue [L. partitiva] as aliquis alius and oþur suche. c1450 in D. Thomson Middle Eng. Grammatical Texts (1984) 34 How knoweste the genityf case? By my signes, as ‘of’ aftur a noun substantyf, a noun partytyf, a distributyf, [etc.]. 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria f. 5^v The nowne partitiue, as aliquis, quisquam: and euery nowne set as a nowne partitiue shall agree with the genitiue case folowynge in gendre. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 29 Nownes partityves and distributyves as tout, nul. 1590 J. Stockwood Eng. Accidence 33 Somtime of a noune partitiue or distributiue. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Partitive, in grammar, distributive; as a noun partitive. 1876 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. (ed. 4) ii. 417 The Plural Genitive of the Thing Distributed is a divisible Whole, and depends on Partitive Words indicating that one or more Parts (or no Part) of such Whole are taken. 1937 Times 3 Mar. 10/4 The partitive article dil, corresponding to the modern French du, has become fused with the noun. 1998 Euralex '98 Proc. I. ii. 58 The complement of the general noun can only be elided (or topicalised) if the partitive clitic en is present. b. Having the quality or function of dividing into parts; characterized by or indicating division or partition. ΚΠ 1912 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 9 425 The Partitive Soul. From this plurality of souls it is only a natural step to regard the soul as divided into a number of fairly distinct parts. 1969 Indian Music Jrnl. 5 71 We shall not achieve one world until..we have faced in ourselves the partitive disorder that everywhere thwarts the attainment of it. 2000 Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes (Nexis) 82 What is crucial for the occurrence or elimination of the base-rate fallacy is the absence or presence, respectively, of what can be called a partitive formulation of the conditional likelihood datum. B. n. Grammar. A partitive construction; a noun or pronoun used as the first term in such a construction. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > other spec. numeral1530 partitive1530 inclusive1533 gentile1569 illative1591 note1607 collective1751 ordinativea1831 resumptive1832 similative1903 applicative1925 particle1925 adposition1972 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 74 Pronownes, unto which I joyne, by cause of lykenesse in nature, partityves. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. E4 Partitiues will haue a Genitiue case. 1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 28 So that Matthewes partatiue, and Markes collectiue doe note one thing. 1665 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts (rev. ed.) 133 This order is changed in the oblique cases of the Relative qui, of Interrogatives, Indefinites, and Partitives. 1876 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. (ed. 4) ii. 418 Partitives sometimes take the Gen. of a Collective Noun: ‘Plato totius Græciæ doctissimus fuit’. 1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 13 Besides these, comitatives, similatives, partitives, and suffixes expressing similar ideas, are found. 1978 Amer. Speech 53 26 Personal pronouns must bear the feature [+ definite] because they can follow partitives (such as some of, all of) and as for. 1993 Appl. Linguistics 14 91 The effect of partitives is apparently to inhibit (s) but this result should be interpreted cautiously since there were only 11 tokens of nouns modified by partitive expressions in the Chinese data. Compounds partitive genitive n. Grammar a genitive used to indicate the whole of which the entity expressed by the head of the partitive expression is a part, frequently expressed in English by the ‘of’ construction (e.g. ‘a piece of bread’). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > genitive > partitive genitive partitive genitive1854 1854 Biblical Repertory 26 277 A circumlocution for the partitive genitive. 1899 E. Anwyl Welsh Gram. §380 After the adjective llawn, ‘full’, what was probably an old Partitive Genitive, has survived in the dependent noun. 1992 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 89 The prepositional phrase of eþare wine, which is traditionally called a ‘partitive genitive’, can be explained as a ‘locative’ (‘ablative’) form. partitive judgement n. Logic rare a judgement that divides a genus into its component species. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > disjunctive or alternative proposition discretivec1525 disjunctive1533 disjunction1588 alternant1790 alternation1883 partitive judgement1895 disjunct1921 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > apprehending a relation between two concepts > a judgement regarding judgement1860 partitive judgement1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Partitive judgment, a judgment that, under form of a disjunctive, predicates of a genus its several species; as ‘Indians are either North-American or South-American’. 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