ku-adjective nominalization; ku-nominalization
A classical Japanese grammatical process where the suffix ～く is added to the stem of an inflectable word to form a noun. This is a technical term used in Japanese linguistics and grammar studies.
「恐らく」は「恐る」のク語法による名詞形です。
"Osoraku" is a noun form derived from "osoru" by ku-nominalization.
古典文法では、ク語法によって動詞や形容詞から名詞を作ることがあります。
In classical grammar, nouns can be formed from verbs and adjectives through ku-nominalization.
A grammatical term formed from ク, representing the classical adjectival ending ～く, and 語法 “construction.” It denotes the nominal use of an adjective’s ～く form, as in 遠く “a distant place.”