qualificative

In course of time a distinction came to be made between an attribute used as a mere qualificative and an attribute used predicatively, and this distinction was expressed by placing the predicate in opposition to the subject and accordingly after it.

As to the qualificative adjunct nipru.

It is usually followed by a qualificative adjunct, possessing great interest, Nipru.

The native word expressive of divinity is kalou, which, while used to denote the people's highest notion of a god, is also constantly heard as a qualificative of any thing great or marvellous, or, according to Hazlewood's Dictionary, 'anything superlative, whether good or bad.'...

A mere adjectival or qualificative cannot serve independently, leaving the real ground-word to be supplied by the hearer.