If a compound noun is made from a na-adjective suffix, is it followed by a な particle?


There are a few compound nouns that are made by compounding something with na-
adjectives like 好き and 嫌い, for examples:

  * 花見好き
  * 子供好き
  * 水嫌い
  * 人嫌い
  * 負け嫌い

Are these compounds followed by a な particle? Or do they lose the na-adjective
status and become 名詞 nouns (followed by a の particle)?

> 水嫌い な 犬  
>  or  
>  水嫌い の 犬  
>  ?




In word formation, there is a rule known as Right Hand Head Rule, which states
that the component that comes to the right side of a complex word determines
the base meaning and the grammatical category (parts of speech) of the whole
word, and is called the _head_. This applies to Japanese as well. In all of
your examples, 好き and 嫌い are the heads of the respective examples, which are
na-adjectives (adjectival nouns). That is why the whole word becomes a na-
adjective.

However, for the combinations with 嫌い, there is an alternative way to derive
them. That is, besides the na-adjective 嫌い, there is a verb 嫌う, whose stem is
'kiraw-'. The stem is often used as a noun, and it can create compounds as
well. Again following the right hand head rule, the created compound becomes a
noun (e.g. 'mizu-giraw-'). Whenever there is a stranded consonant in Japanese,
a vowel is inserted to make it compatible with Japanese phonology, and
particularly for wago, the inserted vowel is 'i'. So the compound becomes
'mizugirawi'. A phonological rule in Japanese further comverts 'wi' into 'i',
and the compound noun 水嫌い appears, which will take の.




In word formation, there is a rule known as Right Hand Head Rule, which states
that the component that comes to the right side of a complex word determines
the base meaning and the grammatical category (parts of speech) of the whole
word, and is called the _head_. This applies to Japanese as well. In all of
your examples, 好き and 嫌い are the heads of the respective examples, which are
na-adjectives (adjectival nouns). That is why the whole word becomes a na-
adjective.

However, for the combinations with 嫌い, there is an alternative way to derive
them. That is, besides the na-adjective 嫌い, there is a verb 嫌う, whose stem is
'kiraw-'. The stem is often used as a noun, and it can create compounds as
well. Again following the right hand head rule, the created compound becomes a
noun (e.g. 'mizu-giraw-'). Whenever there is a stranded consonant in Japanese,
a vowel is inserted to make it compatible with Japanese phonology, and
particularly for wago, the inserted vowel is 'i'. So the compound becomes
'mizugirawi'. A phonological rule in Japanese further comverts 'wi' into 'i',
and the compound noun 水嫌い appears, which will take の.

