substantival

[ suhb-stuhn-tahy-vuhl ]

adjective

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

Other Words From

• substan·tival·ly adverb
• nonsub·stan·tival adjective
• nonsub·stan·tival·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of substantival¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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