part of speech

[Unregistered]

This may seem like a kind of silly question, but what part of speech (technical term) is there for the word 'dead' in the sentence "He is dead."

[Tdol]

It's an adjective, here a predicative adjective because it comes after the verb.

[Casiopea]

This may seem like a kind of silly question, but what part of speech (technical term) is there for the word 'dead' in the sentence "He is dead."

In addition, predicate adjectives describe the subject:

Max is tall.
Max is big.
Max is blue.
Max is nice.
Max is dead.