形けい容よう詞し幹かん

noun

stem of an adjective; adjectival stem

Linguistics term referring to the base part of an adjective that remains after removing inflectional endings.

• 日本にほん語ごの形けい容よう詞し「高たかい」の形けい容よう詞し幹かんは「たか」です。

  The adjectival stem of the Japanese adjective 'takai' is 'taka'.