- In linguistics, a
gerund (/ˈdʒɛrənd, -ʌnd/
abbreviated ger) is any of
various nonfinite verb
forms in
various languages; most often, but not exclusively...
- a
gerundive (/dʒəˈrʌndɪv/) is a verb form that
functions as a
verbal adjective. In
classical Latin, the
gerundive has the same form as the
gerund, but...
- of
English verbs. This verb form is used as a
present participle, as a
gerund, and
sometimes as an
independent noun or adjective. The
suffix is also found...
-
include infinitives,
participles and
gerunds. Non-finite verb
forms in some
other languages include converbs,
gerundives and supines. The
categories of mood...
- participle: amātūrus (pl. amātūrī) "going to love"
Gerundive:
amandus (pl. amandī) "needing to be loved"
Gerund: amandī "of loving", amandō "by/for loving",...
- dictionary. Historically,
grammarians have
described a
verbal noun or
gerundial noun as a verb form that
functions as a noun. An
example of a
verbal noun...
- word
operandi is a
gerund in the
genitive case, "of operating";
gerunds can
never be
pluralised in Latin, as
opposed to
gerundives. When a noun with an...
- the market'.
There are
several usages of the
gerund depending on its morpho-syntactic features. The
gerund functions as the head of a
subordinate clause...
-
advisory (functioning like a large-scale
opinion poll). 'Referendum' is the
gerundive form of the
Latin verb referre,
literally "to
carry back" (from the verb...
- in
Dutch (see below). The
second used beon/wesan, a preposition, and a
gerund (-unge), and has been
variously proposed as
being influenced by similar...
