What is Noun?

 1. NOUN

   The word Noun comes from the Latin nomen meaning ' name ' . A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or a thing , existing in fact or in thought ; a substantive .

       Noun is the part of speech that is used to name a person , a place , a thing , a quality , an action or an abstract idea such as feeling or quality and can function as the subject or the object of a verb , the object of a preposition , or an appositive . Thus , Nouns designate all those objects we can see , smell , touch , hear or taste and those also that we can think of but cannot perceive by any of our five senses .

      Child designates a person ; therefore , child is a noun . Similarly , democracy designates an idea ; therefore , democracy is a Noun . Moreover , Nouns can be identified by presence of signal words