deadjectival

deadjectival — adjective

  • deadjectivalpositive
  • more deadjectivalcomparative
  • most deadjectivalsuperlative

1. a word that is formed from an adjective, for example by adding a suffix like '-e

1.形容詞C2
釋義

a word that is formed from an adjective, for example by adding a suffix like '-en' to make a verb or '-ness' to make a noun.

例句

In her linguistics report, Adina listed ten deadjectival verbs formed by adding the suffix '-en'.

deadjectival + verb (common collocation)

The word 'happiness' is a deadjectival noun that comes from 'happy'.

同義詞
  • adjective-derived

    a non-technical equivalent; used in general language teaching materials

  • denominal

    parallel term but means 'derived from a noun', not an adjective — easily confused

文法句型

deadjectival + noun (verb, noun, adverb, form, word)

用法筆記

Technical term used in morphology and word-formation studies. Commonly paired with a noun that names the resulting word class — deadjectival verb, deadjectival noun, deadjectival adverb.

常見錯誤

❌Weak' is a deadjectival verb (formed from 'weaken').
✅Weaken' is a deadjectival verb formed from the adjective 'weak'.
💡'deadjectival' describes the derived word, not the original adjective.
❌Deadjectival' only applies to verbs.
✅Deadjectival' describes any word class formed from an adjective
💡nouns ('happiness'), adverbs ('slowly'), and verbs ('soften') are all possible.