叙じょ述じゅつ名めい詞し形けい

noun

predicate nominal

A grammatical term for a noun or noun phrase that functions as the predicate of a sentence, often following a copula. Used in linguistic analysis.

• 「彼かれは学がく生せいだ」の「学がく生せい」は叙じょ述じゅつ名めい詞し形けいである。

  In 'He is a student,' 'student' is a predicate nominal.