nimillinen
Nimillinen is a term used in linguistic discussions to describe a set of nominal-based constructions found in Finnish and related Finnic languages. The word is formed from nimi, meaning "name" in Finnish, with the adjectival suffix -inen, yielding a label that can be glossed as "name-related" or "nominal." In theoretical syntax, nimillinen has been proposed to denote expressions that function primarily as nouns or as predicates built from nouns, rather than as verbs.
The term is not part of standard Finnish grammar and has limited adoption. Some scholars use nimillinen
Critics argue that nimillinen can be too broad or language-dependent, reducing cross-linguistic comparability. Proponents contend that
See also: nominal predicate, copula, nominalization, Finnish grammar.