partitive in English

adjective
1
(of a grammatical construction or case) referring to only a part of a whole, for example a slice of bacon , a series of accidents , some of the children.
As a result, you need which in what is called the partitive construction, which makes the set to be picked from explicit: you say Which of these jackets is yours?
noun
1
a partitive construction.
Each readily lends itself to use in a partitive : each of the children, where the children limits the reference mass to an identifiable set of children.
adjective

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1. 7 Double genitive and possessive partitive constructions have long been debated over in literature.

2. 12 This paper argues, instead, that there exists a semantic asymmetry between double genitive and possessive partitive constructions.

3. Inflection of aramea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) nominative aramea: arameat: genitive Aramean: arameoiden arameoitten: partitive

4. Inflection of Ahvenanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) nominative Ahvenanmaa — genitive Ahvenanmaan — partitive Ahvenanmaata — illative Ahvenanmaahan — singular plural nominative Ahvenanmaa — accusative nom

5. Inflection of Ameba (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation) nominative Ameba: Amebat: genitive Ameban: amebien ameboiden ameboitten: partitive Amebaa: amebia ameboita: illative Amebaan: amebiin ameboihin: singular plural nominative Ameba: Amebat: accusative nom