な-adjective

noun
/nɑː ˈæd͡ʒɪktɪv/

Etymology

From Japanese な (-na) + adjective.

Definitions

  1. An adjective that necessitates the copula な (-na) if followed by a noun.

    • Coordinate term: い-adjective
    • Because そう is a な-adjective, its negative form is そうじゃない, except that そうにない should be used for verbs.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for な-adjective. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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