There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement.
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Predicative
//ˈpɹɛ.dɪ.kə.tɪv//
Synonyms for "predicative" (7 found)
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9 entriesderived from
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6 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 27 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 作表語的 /作表语的 adj (used after a verb)
- 表語 /表语 noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Danish
1 entries- prædikativ adj (used after a verb)
Dutch
1 entries- predicatief adj (used after a verb)
Esperanto
1 entries- predikativa adj (used after a verb)
Finnish
2 entries- predikatiivinen adj (used after a verb)
- predikatiivi noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
French
2 entries- attributif adj (used after a verb)
- attribut noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Georgian
1 entries- გარემოება adj (used after a verb)
German
3 entries- prädikativ adj (used after a verb)
- Prädikativ noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
- Prädikativum noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Greek
2 entries- κατηγορηματικός adj (used after a verb)
- κατηγορούμενο noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Indonesian
1 entries- predikatif noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Italian
1 entries- predicativo adj (used after a verb)
Japanese
2 entries- 叙述語 noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
- 述詞 noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Norwegian
1 entries- predikativ adj (used after a verb)
Occitan
2 entries- atributiu adj (used after a verb)
- atribut noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Polish
3 entries- orzecznikowy adj (used after a verb)
- orzecznik noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
- predykatyw noun (a part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being)
Portuguese
2 entries- predicativo adj (used after a verb)
- predicativo noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Russian
4 entries- предикати́вный adj (used after a verb)
- именна́я часть составно́го сказу́емого noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
- катего́рия состоя́ния noun (a part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being)
- предикати́в noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- aisneiseach adj (used after a verb)
Slovak
1 entries- přísudkový noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Slovene
1 entries- predikativna noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Spanish
3 entries- predicativo adj (used after a verb)
- complemento predicativo noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
- predicativo noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Swedish
2 entries- predikativ adj (used after a verb)
- predikativ noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Tajik
1 entries- мустанадӣ noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Turkish
1 entries- yüklemcil adj (used after a verb)
Turkmen
1 entries- predikatiw noun (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb)
Ukrainian
1 entries- предикати́в noun (a part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being)
Welsh
1 entries- traethiadol adj (used after a verb)
Sample sentences
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in predicative position
Source: wiktionary
A predicative in Russian is an uninflected word that regularly constitutes a complete utterance when standing alone, i.e., when preceded and followed by silence.
Source: wiktionary
Traditional grammars usually differentiate between neuter short adjectives and predicatives based on whether there is an overt nominative subject; hence курение вредно ‘smoking (noun) is harmful’ is viewed as a clause with nominative subject, zero copula and neuter short form adjective that agrees with the subject in gender, whereas курить вредно (same meaning, literally ‘to smoke is harmful’) is often viewed as an impersonal clause with predicative.
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