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

Derived Forms

• nonsubstantival
  adjective
• substantivally
  adverb
• nonsubstantivally
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of substantival

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

Example Sentences

Efita how many, is used with the substantival termination na: efitana what number?

From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)

N.B.—There are three forms of participles, the adjectival, substantival, and adverbial.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George

I am inclined to think it is only an inference from the want of substantival names in so many Roman deities; surely, it would be argued, the pontifices must have had some reason for this.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

The infinitive, in a substantival sense, always conveys a general statement, so that even when singular, it has a plural power; just as man is mortal = men are mortal.

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

Every musical term, adjectival, substantival, occurs to us as we read the thousand and odd pages of the two volumes.

From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm