Meaning

2 senses
  1. An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.

    Prädikativum, Prädikativ

    именна́я часть составно́го сказу́емогоimennája častʹ sostavnóvo skazújemovo, предикати́вpredikatív

  2. In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.

    предикати́вpredikatív, катего́рия состоя́нияkategórija sostojánija

    предикати́вpredykatýv

Examples

1 sentences
  1. 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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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being:
Русский
By meaning 2
element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb:
a part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb:

Forms

plural: predicatives
Singularpredicative
Pluralpredicatives

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
predicative — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto