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classifying adjective - an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument')

adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something

pertainym - meaning relating to or pertaining to

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For example, when the English NP craft beer is rendered in Lithuanian, craft is treated as a classifying adjective and a relational suffix -in- (which typically marks classifying adjectives) is added; cf.

On the derivational adaptation of borrowings

For example, a classifying adjective does not admit an intensifier (7), comparison (8), or predicative position (9): (6)

Descriptive and discourse-referential modifiers in a layered model of the noun phrase

Sometimes (though less commonly) the classifying adjective must precede the head noun in Polish (as in 4).

The lexical/phrasal status of Polish noun+adjective or noun+noun combinations and the relevance of coordination as a diagnostic test

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