Thread: рабочий - unusual ending for a noun?

"Следующий!" (Next!) Very common. Use of these kinds of adjectives as nouns is common in some literature.

текущий, будущий, бывший as nouns.

Originally Posted by Seraph

"Следующий!" (Next!) Very common. Use of these kinds of adjectives as nouns is common in some literature.
текущий, будущий, бывший as nouns.

I can only imagine the word ‘бывший’ as a noun (with the meaning ‘ex-husband’ / ‘ex-boyfriend’). The other words (‘следующий’, ‘текущий’, ‘будущий’) are not used as nous, IMHO.

Well, you can use any adjective without a noun, e.g. «Последний был лучшим» — “The last one was the best one”. But, I think, this is not the same as ‘рабочий’, ‘мороженое’ etc. In such phrases adjectives remain adjectives.

Originally Posted by Soft sign

The other words (‘следующий’, ‘текущий’, ‘будущий’) are not used as nous, IMHO.

Oops, I've forgot the word «будущее» (‘the future’). It is a noun.