Part-Whole Relation

Partitive Genitive Meronymy

What is it part of?

extended intermediate Relations

अर्थ

A relation where one thing is a part, member, ingredient, section, surface, feature, or component of another.

हे कसे ओळखावे

Ask whether one entity belongs structurally inside another.

उदाहरणे

शब्द

roof|hand|page|piece|member

वाक्यांश

the roof of the house|a piece of cake|part of the team

वाक्य

The roof of the house is red.

Visual guide

Basic shape

WHOLE
  └─ PART / member
house
  └─ roof
team
  └─ member
Ask: part of what?

Compare shape

Same relation, different forms:
English: roof of the house
Genitive: house-GEN roof
Compound: house-roof
Partitive: piece of cake
Not just ownership.

भाषेनुसार आढावा

आपली भाषा

शिकत असलेली भाषा

आपल्या भाषेत

Vietnamese (standard)

उपस्थिती

strong

महत्त्व

Part-whole relations are often simple noun sequences, sometimes with của for clarity or emphasis.

Mái nhà bị hỏng.

roof house passive broken

शिकत असलेल्या भाषेत

Arabic (Modern Standard)

उपस्थिती

strong

कठीणता

Part-whole relations often use iḍāfa, similar in form to possession.

بابُ البيتِ مفتوح.

The door of the house is open.

शिकणाऱ्यांना येणारी सामान्य अडचण

Learners may translate every “of” with من instead of using iḍāfa.

Same block, different coding

Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.

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