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substantival

[ suhb-stuhn-tahy-vuhl ]

adjective

  1. noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.


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Other Words From

  • substan·tival·ly adverb
  • nonsub·stan·tival adjective
  • nonsub·stan·tival·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of substantival1

First recorded in 1825–35; substantive + -al 1
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Example Sentences

But substantival datives and accusatives, as in Modern English, follow the predicate.

The plural word selves, a substantival, and not an adjectival form.

Archbishop Whately has some remarks on this substantival power in his Logic.

Near the Atlantic seaboard, the most common substantival components of river names are -tuk and -hanne, -han, or -huan.

Those which have a single element, the substantival or 'ground-word,' with its locative suffix.

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