deadjectival

deadjectival — 形容詞

  • 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

形容詞派生

由形容詞加綴派生而來的詞

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'.

Adina 在她的語言學報告中列出了十個藉由字尾 '-en' 構成的形容詞派生動詞。

deadjectival + verb (common collocation)

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

'Happiness' 一字是來自 'happy' 的形容詞派生名詞。

常見搭配
  • deadjectival verb
  • deadjectival noun
  • deadjectival adverb
  • deadjectival form
  • deadjectival word
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.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • deadjectival verb
  • deadjectival noun
  • deadjectival adverb
  • deadjectival form
  • deadjectival word