attributive noun

English

attributive noun (plural attributive nouns)

(grammar) A noun that modifies another noun attributively and that is optional (that is, it can be removed without affecting the grammar of the sentence); a noun used as an adjective.
For example, in the compound noun "chicken soup", the attributive noun "chicken" modifies the noun "soup".
(grammar, when referring to a language other than English) A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.

noun that modifies another noun attributively

Russian: определи́тельное существи́тельное n (opredelítelʹnoje suščestvítelʹnoje), атрибути́вное существи́тельное n (atributívnoje suščestvítelʹnoje)
Turkish: tamlayan (tr)

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