partitiiviablatiivinen

Partitiiviablatiivinen is a term used in linguistic discussions of Finnish and related Finnic languages to describe a functional pattern in which a noun phrase bears simultaneously a partitive interpretation and an ablative-like meaning of source or separation. It is not a formal grammatical case in Finnish; rather, it is a label for a particular interaction observed in descriptive grammars, and its precise status varies by analysis.

Typically it arises in constructions where a verb conveys partial quantity or indefinite amount and where movement away from a source or separation is also encoded, producing a mixed semantic reading that combines partitivity and source-away meaning. Some grammars treat the effect as case stacking, where both the partitive suffix on the noun and an ablative marker on a dependent phrase contribute to the overall meaning. Others analyze it as a syntactic pattern in which a partitive object is associated with an ablative prepositional phrase or clause.

Cross-linguistically, similar phenomena are discussed in Finnic language grammars of Meänkieli, Kven, or other related varieties, where multiple oblique markers can co-occur under certain verbs. The term is primarily used in academic discussions and is not universally standardized; some researchers prefer to describe the same pattern with different labels or to treat it as a specialized pragmatic reading rather than a morphological category.

Because of its niche status, alternative descriptions include partitive-ablative construction, partitive plus ablative semantics, or interaction between the partitive case and an ablative-like phrase. See also: Partitive case, Ablative case, Finnish grammar, Case stacking, Oblique constructions.