:github_url: https://git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ugg/src/branch/master/content/noun.rst .. _noun: Noun ==== Glossary -------- A **noun** is a part of speech which refers to a living being (e.g., *man*), place (*Jerusalem*), thing (*water*) or quality (*goodness*). A **noun** can be the subject or object of a verb or object of a preposition (e.g., The *man* drank *water* from *Jerusalem*). Article -------