"体言" meaning in All languages combined

See 体言 on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ta̠iɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 体言 [canonical] (ruby: (たい), (げん)), taigen [romanization]
Etymology: Coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 体 (tai, “body”) + 言 (gen, “word”), literally “substantive word”. Compare English substantive. In Japanese grammar, contrasts with 用言 (yōgen, “inflecting word”, literally “function word”). See also the dichotomy of 体用 (taiyō, “substance and function”). First cited in 1851. Etymology templates: {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{compound|ja|体|言|lit=substantive word|sort=たいげん|t1=body|t2=word|tr1=tai|tr2=gen}} 体 (tai, “body”) + 言 (gen, “word”), literally “substantive word”, {{noncog|en|substantive}} English substantive, {{m|ja|用言||inflecting word|lit=function word|tr=yōgen}} 用言 (yōgen, “inflecting word”, literally “function word”), {{m|ja|体用||substance and function|tr=taiyō}} 体用 (taiyō, “substance and function”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たいげん}} 体(たい)言(げん) • (taigen)
  1. (grammar) a Japanese or Korean word that does not inflect and can be used as a grammatical subject Wikipedia link: Daijisen#Online_search_engines Categories (topical): Japanese, Korean Related terms: 連体 (rentai) (ruby: 連体(れんたい)) (english: attribution)

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