In a nominal phrase, the noun usually bears the main informative value, the attribute having only a secondary informative function. In particular instances, however, it is the attribute that conveys the main informative value of the nominal phrase. Different languages use different means at different levels of sophistication and subtlety for adapting the attribute to that specific function. Geʿez and Akkadian do this by preposing the attribute (adjective) to the noun; Modern Syriac does it by giving the adjective the status of nomen regens of the noun; Hebrew goes further in that direction, and in addition to putting the attribute as a nomen regens, uses its parallel abstract noun.