"partitive article" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: partitive articles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} partitive article (plural partitive articles)
  1. (grammar) A type of article, sometimes viewed as a type of indefinite article, used with a mass noun such as water, to indicate a non-specific quantity of it; class of determiner, with the closest English equivalent being some. Wikidata QID: Q576670 Hypernyms: article Translations (article used with a mass noun): przedimek cząstkowy [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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