ENGLISH TOPIC: ADJECTIVES LEC: 2
BY MAM DURKHU FARHAD
UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR
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adjective
/ˈadʒɪktɪv/
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noun GRAMMAR
plural noun: adjectives
a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.
Origin
late Middle English: from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adjective- ‘added’, from the verb addicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’.
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