वाच्यलिङ्गा विशेष्यलिङ्गादिभाजः ।
vācya-liṅgā viśeṣya-liṅgādi-bhājaḥ |
(Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 303)
“Words with the gender of the substantive (vācya-liṅgāḥ) [i.e., adjectival words] are words that share the gender (liṅga) and so forth [i.e., the case and number as well in many cases] of the qualificand (viśeṣya).”
Commentary
A vācya-liṅga may be a class (jāti), quality (guṇa), or action (kriyā).