partitive dative

The 'partitive dative' is a grammatical feature in some languages where the dative case is used to indicate that something is part of a larger whole.

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Definition

(technical, academic)A grammatical construction where the dative case shows that an item is a part of a larger group or set.

In the sentence 'brat mi je bolestan' (my brother is ill), the word 'mi' in the dative case indicates the brother as part of a family.

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