Search results for "Noun" - New World Encyclopedia
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- An adjective, in grammar, is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or pronoun (called the adjective's subject), giving more ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 06:00, 15 June 2023
- in which case the root word is usually a noun. There are also underived ... used in a certain context. For example, a noun is a word that can be inserted ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 23:31, 17 December 2022
- The genus name must be unique inside each kingdom. It is normally ... * another noun nominative form in apposition with the genus; the words ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:46, 11 January 2023
- approximation by their part of speech (noun, adjective, verb, etc., a ... * Compound noun and adjective * Conjugation * Conjunction ...11 KB (1,479 words) - 01:58, 27 February 2023
- action), and "percussus" (which is a noun meaning "a beating"). As a noun in contemporary English, it is described as "the ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- Sunyata is a Sanskrit noun that derives from the adj. sūnya - 'void', Suññatā (Pāli; adj. suñña), stong pa nyid (Tibetan), Kuu ...14 KB (2,102 words) - 23:46, 26 February 2023
- ” the word “kelvin”—which is normally a noun—functions as an adjective to modify the noun “scale” (like “Georgia peach”) and is ...15 KB (2,316 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- In grammar, we can see that the meaning of a noun or verb can be altered and even negated by the addition of certain adjectives and adverbs; for ...14 KB (1,974 words) - 06:46, 20 July 2023
- The term "supernatant" is both a noun and an adjective. The supernatant liquid is then separated from the precipitate by decantation ...7 KB (963 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- gabun meaning "another". With the noun yibi they can be arranged ... koalas), category features (it is a noun), number features (it is plural ...33 KB (4,842 words) - 20:11, 25 February 2023
- ) is a Sanskrit adjective (and noun) that is derived from asti ("it is or exists") Monier-Williams, Monier-Williams Sanskrit Dictionary ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- The word ceramic can be used as a noun that refers to the material or a product made from the material. Alternatively, ceramic may be used as ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 23:57, 3 December 2023
- it came to be used in Europe as a noun meaning “murderer.” Thus ... the term had now become a new common noun in European languages meaning ...15 KB (2,338 words) - 22:24, 8 November 2021
- "Ki-" is a prefix attached to nouns of the noun class that ... === Noun classes === In common with all Bantu languages, Swahili grammar ...43 KB (6,328 words) - 15:52, 12 January 2024
- European languages. Determiners follow the noun, while numerals, adjectives ... locative. The case marking pattern for each noun being inflected depends on ...46 KB (6,448 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- meaning. For example, think is both a noun and a verb, thus, the word ... a simple form. They are compound words and noun-verbs with political significance ...28 KB (3,844 words) - 23:24, 14 November 2022
- Holomisa (Bantubonke is a compound noun meaning "all the people ... #The abstract noun ubuntu, meaning "humanity" or "humaneness ...25 KB (3,899 words) - 07:30, 20 September 2023
- In philosophy, the adjective transcendental and the noun transcendence convey three different but related meanings, all of them derived from ...11 KB (1,539 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- (Again in the case of English, we can form a noun phrase "small dog" based on the grammar of English.) One of the simplest (but also ...14 KB (2,296 words) - 16:20, 9 November 2022
- even if it is derived from a proper noun (unless it would be capitalized by some other rule, for instance if it begins a sentence). ...10 KB (1,624 words) - 14:39, 5 December 2023
