deadjectival
Derived from modifiers
Deadjectival describes a word formed from an adjective.
English routinely creates nouns and verbs from adjectives: sadness from sad, harden from hard, the poor from poor.
The term belongs to linguistics and grammar instruction: The suffix -ness creates deadjectival nouns.
Converting words to nouns
- suffixationAdding endings to words
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- conversionAct of changing states
- affixWord-part modifier
suffix · word-formation · morpheme · stem · base · root · lexeme · substantivization
nominalization
Converting words to nouns
- suffixationAdding endings to words
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- conversionAct of changing states
affix · suffix · word-formation · morpheme · stem · base · root · lexeme · substantivization · derivative
noun
Word naming something
-ness · -dom · headword · lemma · inflection · paradigm · syntax · predicate · attribute · complement
happiness
Joyful emotional state
thickness · redness · warmth · depth · width · length · strength · truth · youth · growth