Middle English Dictionary Entry
partītī̆f adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | partītī̆f adj. Also partitive. |
| Etymology | ML partītīvus; also cp. F (16th-cent.) partitif. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. Partitive.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9b/b : Of nounes adiectiue somme beþ I-clepid partitiue, as aliquis, alius, and oþur suche.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)99 : How many acordys hast thou in grammer? Foure:..the fourthe by twene the noune partytyf..and the genityf case that folweth.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)101 : Whenne the noune partityf by tokenyth a thyng of o kynde and that at semyth genityf case by tokenyth an othyr kynde, thenne my noune partytyf schall acorde in gendyr wyth the substantyf by fore.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)105 : How knoweste the genityf case by my signes? As of after a noun substantyf, a noun partytyf, a distributyf, [etc.].
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1020 : Of aftyr a nown substantyf, verbe substantyf, nown partityf, nown distributyf, or a superlatyf degre is þe syne of genityf case.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(1) (Pen 356B)8/341 : In how mony schall þe nowne partytiue and þe genytyue case þat folus acord?
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