gerundival

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gerundive +‎ -al

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gerundival (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Pertaining to the gerundive form of a word.
    • 1941, Journal of the Polynesian Society - Volume 50, page 10:
      The whole is concluded by the addition of the noun suffix gna, which itself carries a gerundival force.
    • 2014, Dan Lusthaus, Buddhist Phenomenology, →ISBN:
      Nominal declensions, verbal case endings, gerundival constructions, in short, the full range of grammatical alterations—for which Sanskrit has a particular genius and meticulous order—announce language itself as a field of alterity.
    • 2017, John Taylor, Latin Beyond GCSE, →ISBN, page 76:
      The process of 'gerundival attraction' is a sort of conjuring trick whereby a gerund is turned into a gerundive.

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gerundiv +‎ -al.

Adjective[edit]

gerundival m or n (feminine singular gerundivală, masculine plural gerundivali, feminine and neuter plural gerundivale)

  1. gerundival

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