Source Word
substantive verb
Noun
(linguistics)
In
the
Goidelic
languages,
a
copular
verb
meaning
“to
be”
that
is
used
with
predicates
that
are
prepositional
phrases,
adverbs,
or
adjectives,
but
not
with
predicates
that
are
noun
phrases:
Old
Irish
at·tá,
Irish
bí
(present
tá),
Scottish
Gaelic
bi
(present
tha),
Manx
bee
(present
ta).
Japanese Meaning
ゲイデル語群の言語における連結動詞（コプラ動詞）で、存在（＝“～である”）を示す実体動詞です。なお、この動詞は前置詞句、副詞、形容詞などを述語として取るのに対し、名詞句を伴うことはありません。
Sense（1）
(linguistics)
In
the
Goidelic
languages,
a
copular
verb
meaning
“to
be”
that
is
used
with
predicates
that
are
prepositional
phrases,
adverbs,
or
adjectives,
but
not
with
predicates
that
are
noun
phrases:
Old
Irish
at·tá,
Irish
bí
(present
tá),
Scottish
Gaelic
bi
(present
tha),
Manx
bee
(present
ta).
（ plural ）
