Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - partitive

ˈpɑ:tɪtɪv adj. & n. Gram. --adj. (of a word, form, etc.) denoting part of a collective group or quantity. --n. a partitive word (e.g. some, any) or form. øpartitive genitive a genitive used to indicate a whole divided into or regarded in parts, expressed in English by of as in most of us. øøpartitively adv. [F partitif -ive or med.L partitivus (as PARTITE)]