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adnominal en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˌædˈnɑ.mɪ.nəl/ (US)
  • (Texas) audio
  • ăd′-nŏ′-mĭ-nəl

Etymology

From ad- + nominal, by analogy with adverbial for verbs.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Involving or relating to words that modify a noun.
    • In most languages, pronominal and adnominal demonstratives are morphologically identical. 2005, Martin Haspelmath, editor, The World Atlas of Language Structures, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 175:

Deriveds

adnominalization · adnominalize · adnominality · adnominally

Translations (2)

pl adnominalny (related to words that modify nouns) · de adsubstantivisch (related to words that modify nouns)

adnominal en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˌædˈnɑ.mɪ.nəl/ (US)
  • (Texas) audio
  • ăd′-nŏ′-mĭ-nəl

Etymology

From ad- + nominal, by analogy with adverbial for verbs.

Meanings

  1. The adnominal case: A word or phrase qualifying a noun, such as an adjective or a relative clause.

Forms

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adnominals Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (7)

ko 관형사 (word or phrase qualifying a noun) · fi substantiivin määre (word or phrase qualifying a noun) · pl adnominal (word or phrase qualifying a noun) · ja 連体詞 (word or phrase qualifying a noun) · pt adnominal (word or phrase qualifying a noun) · fi adnominaali (word or phrase qualifying a noun) · eu izenlagun (word or phrase qualifying a noun)

adnominal en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˌædˈnɑ.mɪ.nəl/ (US)
  • (Texas) audio
  • ăd′-nŏ′-mĭ-nəl

Etymology

The adjective form of adnoun, by analogy with the use of nominal as the adjective form of noun.

Meanings

  1. (dated, not-comparable) Of or pertaining to an adnoun (sensu stricto).

Synonyms

adjectival · adjective