An adjectival noun refers to an adjective that functions as a noun. English examples include "the other", "the True", "the Irish", and "the rich and the poor".

Related concepts

A noun that functions as an adjective can be called an adjectival noun in English (e.g. Fowler http://www.b17mb.com/mb/viewtopic.php?p=93666&sid=58186b5b4aaf47341e7f0e67c411437e), but it is nowadays more often called a noun adjunct or attributive noun.

Adjectival noun may also refer to a noun that functions as an adjective, especially Japanese adjectival nouns.

German

In inflected languages like German, adjectival nouns are much more common however. German examples include "Bekannte(r)", "Angestellte(r)", and "Deutsche(r)".^[1]

Arabic

Adjectival nouns occur frequently in the Classical and Modern Standard Arabic. Examples include (), where " islamiyyah" is the adjective "Islamic", and "al- Islamiyyah" can be translated as "things Islamic."

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