substantival

American  

[suhb-stuhn-tahy-vuhl] / ˌsʌb stənˈtaɪ vəl /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• nonsubstantival adjective
• nonsubstantivally adverb
• substantivally adverb

Etymology

Origin of substantival

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

Example Sentences

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

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

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

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

Returning, however, to the illustration of the substantival character of the so-called infinitive mood, we may easily see— α.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

In a substantival form, the term is used in physical geography for a level tract.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

Of course it takes the substantival ending o. 3For lack.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John