predicative
Modifying a noun from within a predicate.
Adjective
- Modifying a noun from within a predicate.
- in predicative position
Coordinate Terms: attributive subjective
Origin
Etymology tree English predicate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English predicative From predicate + -ive.
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nonpredicative predicative adjective predicative adverbial predicative case predicatively predicativism predicativist predicativity prepredicative
Noun
- An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
- In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.
- A predicative in Russian is an uninflected word that regularly constitutes a complete utterance when standing alone, i.e., when preceded and followed by silence. - 1957, Morton Benson, “The Problem of Predicatives in...
- Traditional grammars usually differentiate between neuter short adjectives and predicatives based on whether there is an overt nominative subject; hence курение вредно ‘smoking (noun) is harmful’ is viewed as a clause...