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Nonfinite verb form
In linguistics, a gerund (/ˈdʒɛrənd, -ʌnd/ abbreviated ger) is any of various nonfinite verb forms in various languages; most often, but not exclusively
Gerund
Latin verb form that functions as an adjective
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
Gerundive
English language suffix
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
-ing
Noun formed from or otherwise corresponding to a verb
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
Verbal_noun
Verbs that can't complete a clause (such as "going" or "to live")
are the base forms of verbs, and may also function as nouns or adverbs; Gerunds (e.g., going, seeing), which act as nouns, but are derived from verbs;
Nonfinite_verb
Latin grammatical verb inflections
participle: amātūrus (pl. amātūrī) "going to love" Gerundive: amandus (pl. amandī) "needing to be loved" Gerund: amandī "of loving", amandō "by/for loving",
Latin_conjugation
Smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition
the test. – Non-finite gerund clause b. They mentioned his cheating on the test. – Gerund with noun status Each of the gerunds in the a-sentences (stopping
Clause
English Page – Gerunds and Infinitives Part 1 EngDic, Tahir at (16 February 2023). "Gerund: Types of Gerunds, Examples of Verbs Followed By Gerund". Engdic
Uses_of_English_verb_forms
Habits of working
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
Modus_operandi
Direct vote on a specific proposal
advisory), functioning like a large opinion poll. 'Referendum' is the gerundive form of the Latin verb referre, literally "to carry back" (from the verb
Referendum
Ethio-Semitic language
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
Amharic
Grammatical form
Like other non-finite verb forms (like participles, converbs, gerunds and gerundives), infinitives do not generally have an expressed subject; thus an
Infinitive
Verb form modifying a noun or noun phrase
that are alternatively regarded as converbs (see Sirenik below), gerunds, gerundives, transgressives, and nominalised verbs in complement clauses. As
Participle
Form of verbal noun used in some languages
the supine generally corresponds to an English construction like for [gerund]: "Această carte este de citit" means "This book is for reading". Additionally
Supine
Grammar of the Portuguese language
preferentially using the infinitive preceded by the preposition "a" in place of the gerund as the typical method of describing continuing action: Estou lendo. "I am
Portuguese_grammar
Element of Japanese language
conclusive. The infinitive has various meanings that overlap with those of the gerund. In the domestic tradition of grammar, all inflected words have their own
Japanese conjugation (ren'yōkei base)
Japanese_conjugation_(ren'yōkei_base)
Uralic language
five gerunds in Meadow Mari: Affirmative instructive gerund Negative instructive gerund Gerund for prior actions I Gerund for prior actions II Gerund for
Mari_language
Category of words based on shared grammatical properties in a clause
possessive noun, or a present-tense verb form; -ing may mark a participle, gerund, or pure adjective or noun. Although -ly is a frequent adverb marker, some
Part_of_speech
Grammatical contrast of present tense verbs
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
Continuous and progressive aspects
Continuous_and_progressive_aspects
Castrated horse or other male equine
everyday working animal, or as a pet in the case of companion animals. The gerund and participle "gelding" and the infinitive "to geld" refer to the castration
Gelding
Part of Latin grammar
considered the gerundive (see below) also to be a participle, but most modern grammars treat it as a separate part of speech: Gerundive : faciendus : 'needing
Latin_syntax
Classification of verbs by regularity of inflection
present tense, the past tense and past participle, and the present participle/gerund form) can be derived by way of consistent rules. These rules involve the
Regular_and_irregular_verbs
Karluk Turkic language
is usually used as a noun gerund This suffix is likely a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish, but is usually used as a noun gerund Vowels marked with parentheses
Uzbek_language
Usage of linking verbs in Romance languages
all right"). Estar is used to form the present continuous form estar + gerund, although some linguists think this is not a genuinely Catalan form, even
Romance_copula
Name list
Negarandeh: Painter, sculptor Negaresh: editing, formatting Negaridan: gerund form of painting, editing Negarin: beautified piece Negargar: Sculptor,
Negar_(name)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up debug in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Debugging (gerund of debug) is the act of finding the cause of and fixing bugs. Debug may also refer
Debug_(disambiguation)
exists a non-finite form in Sanskrit termed gerund or absolutive which is analysed differently from the gerund in other Proto-Indo-European languages. It
Sanskrit_verbs
West Germanic language
(past) form. The secondary forms are a plain form used for the infinitive, a gerund-participle and a past participle. The verb to be – which among other uses
English_language
Grammatical forms of verbs in the Portuguese language
the corresponding agent nouns ("-dor(a)", "-ista", etc.) or the standard gerund. See below. The tenses correspond to: Present (presente): "I do" or "I am
Portuguese_conjugation
Idiom meaning disorganized or disorderly
post-medieval period. Moreover, the idiomatic phrase to-and-fro (and its gerund toing-and-froing), which originate in the 1820s, also have a similar sense
Willy-nilly_(idiom)
Romance language of the Balkans
imperative mood, for direct commands. Three non-finite forms: infinitive, gerund, and past participle. Distinct active and passive voices, as well as an
Aromanian_language
Type of determiner that indicates quantity
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Quantifier_(linguistics)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up dropping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dropping is a gerundive of drop. It might refer to: Copula dropping G dropping H-dropping Initial
Dropping
Type of Danish verbal noun
(kentaurnominaler), also referred to simply as a centaurs (kentaurer) or gerund forms (gerundiumformer) are a type of verbal noun which occur in the Danish
Centaur_noun
Type of clause in grammar
must be in a non-finite form (such as an infinitive, participle, gerund or gerundive), and it is consequently much more likely that there will be no subject
Non-finite_clause
Norn of the present time
times, but intutitively means the things that "are becoming", as -nd is the gerund form. She appears in the following verse from the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá
Verðandi
Part of speech that conveys an action
number, tense, etc.), such special forms as infinitives, participles or gerunds. An intransitive verb is one that does not have a direct object. Intransitive
Verb
Language composition of Sardinia
green): Infinitive (infinitivu) Participle (partitzípiu) Past participle Gerund (gerùndiu) Indicative (indicativu) Present (presentu) Past present (passadu
Sardinian_conjugation
Verbs in the English language
tense), and a form ending in -ing that serves as a present participle and gerund. Most verbs inflect in a simple regular fashion, although there are about
English_verbs
Romance language
second, third; 2 numbers: singular, plural; 3 verboid forms: infinitive, gerund, and past participle. The indicative mood is the unmarked one, while the
Spanish_language
Adverbial form of verb (adverb constructed from verbs)
to converbs include adverbial participle, conjunctive participle, gerund, gerundive and verbal adverb (Ylikoski 2003). Converbs are differentiated from
Converb
Part of speech that defines a noun or pronoun
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Adjective
Verb that can precede another verb
subordinated verb can be in either the infinitive (both full and bare) or gerund forms. An example appears in the sentence He deserves to win the cup, where
Catenative_verb
Mock-Latin aphorism
carborundum is intended to resemble a gerundive, it is more likely intended as a dative plural, since the gerundive takes a dative of agent. The meaning
Illegitimi_non_carborundum
Overview of how Japanese verbs conjugate
morphologically a gerund, for it is constructed by combining its infinitive (ni) with the gerundive particle ‑te as with any other gerund. In modern Japanese
Japanese_conjugation
Adjective that occurs immediately after the noun or pronoun that it complements
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Postpositive_adjective
Concept in grammar
of gerunds and infinitives. To make it parallel, the sentence can be rewritten with all gerunds or all infinitives. The second example pairs a gerund with
Parallelism_(grammar)
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Latin_interjections
Type of verb, such as "might", that is used to indicate modality
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Modal_verb
Topics referred to by the same term
formed from a corresponding verb A nonfinite verb such as an infinitive, gerund, or participle (optionally together, known as a verbal phrase, with its
Verbal
Piece of jewellery made to hang from a cord, chain, ribbon or necklace
of which translate to "to hang down". In modern French, pendant is the gerund form of pendre ("to hang") and also means "during". The extent to which
Pendant
Pronoun that is associated with a particular grammatical person
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Personal_pronoun
Central Semitic language
Arabic. This is similar to the process by which, for example, the English gerund "meeting" (similar to a verbal noun) has turned into a noun referring to
Arabic
Words supplying mainly grammatical information, rather than content information
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Function_word
Grammar of the Slovene language
supine). Not all combinations of the above are possible for every case. A gerund is a noun formed from a verb, designating an action or a state. The standard
Slovene_grammar
Emilian dialect of Parma, Italy
(compound tense), the present gerund, the past gerund and the past participle. The present participle is not used, and the gerund is very rare, most of its
Parmigiano_dialect
Verb form that can complete an independent clause by itself
distinguished from non-finite verbs such as infinitives, participles, gerunds etc. Look up finite verb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term finite
Finite_verb
Concept in English grammar
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
English_phrasal_verbs
Wax product
with beeswax, fish oil and lard. The name dubbin is a contraction of the gerund dubbing, describing the action of applying the wax to leather. Citations
Dubbin
Verbs in the Slovene language
participle in -n or -t, indicating an action having been performed on something. Gerund (glagolnik), indicating an act or a thing being acted upon. As in all Slavic
Slovene_verbs
Process of generalization
does the arrow between the location and the MAT. The arrows between the gerund/present participle SITTING and the nouns agent and location express the
Abstraction
Indo-European language of the Italic branch
imperative and subjunctive, in addition to the infinitive, participle, gerund, gerundive and supine), three persons (first, second and third), two numbers
Latin
Eastern Iranian language of Ossetia, in the Caucasus
written'. The participle-gerund form ending in -гӕ -gӕ (бадгӕ badgӕ '(while) sitting'), can be used adverbially, as a gerund, but also attributively like
Ossetian_language
include the infinitive, the present participle, the past participle, and the gerund. In Middle High German the infinitive usually ends in "-en" or simply "-n"
Middle_High_German_verbs
lead : Caesar The gerundive periphrasis (aka periphrastic conjugation of the passive) is composed of the sum auxiliary and a gerundive such as dūcendus
Latin_periphrases
Variety of Norman spoken in Jersey, in the Channel Islands
speak); jé c'mench'chons (we will begin); i' donn'nait (he would give). Gerunds will also regularly contain geminate consonants, for example: faîs'sie
Jèrriais
Act of explaining in a condescending manner
Mansplaining (a blend word of man and the informal form splaining of the gerund explaining) is a neologism describing the act of a man explaining something
Mansplaining
Morphology and syntax of Catalan
value) Estar + gerund (aspectual periphrasis of progressive value) Anar + gerund (aspectual periphrasis of progressive value) Continuar + gerund (aspectual
Catalan_grammar
Word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Pronoun
Addition made to a document following its publication
its author subsequent to its printing or publication. It comes from the gerundive addendum, plural addenda, "that which is to be added", from addere (lit
Addendum
Property regarding whether a lexical item denotes a transitive object
is a linguistics property that relates to whether a verb, participle, or gerund denotes a transitive object. It is closely related to valency, which considers
Transitivity_(grammar)
Linguistic category
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Discourse_marker
Grammatical construct combining past tense with continuing aspect
the verb stare (stavo, stavi, stava, stavamo, stavate, stavano) with the gerund. For example, "parlavo" could be said as "stavo parlando". The difference
Imperfect
Grammar of the Turkish language
at war." The verbal noun in -me is called a gerund above, since it corresponds roughly to the English gerund. bekle "wait" → bekleme "waiting": bekleme
Turkish_grammar
Anaphoric pronoun
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Reflexive_pronoun
Word class in many languages
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Relational_noun
Dialect of the Portuguese language
regionalism can be found in the south and the islands with the use of the gerund in the present progressive tense rather than the infinitive. Portuguese
European_Portuguese
Historical forms of Quechua
'Macacalla we know ... its being on a hill'. There are two gerunds, marked for switch-reference. A gerund expressing a concomitant action of the subject of the
Classical_Quechua
Stentato or stentando (the past participle and gerund of the Italian verb stentare "to find it hard to do something, to have difficulty doing something")
Stentato
Word which is similar in form to a preposition but acts as an adverb
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Prepositional_adverb
given in parentheses after the infinitive. (The present participle and gerund forms of verbs, ending in -ing, are always regular. In English, these are
List of English irregular verbs
List_of_English_irregular_verbs
Dictionary published by Merriam-Webster
for count nouns, three verb forms (third person singular, past tense, and gerund) and comparative and superlative forms for adjectives. Homographs for verbs
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster's_Advanced_Learner's_English_Dictionary
Words that indicate a question is being asked, as a grammatical category
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Interrogative_word
Words expressing a complete thought
Although the subject is usually a noun phrase, other kinds of phrases (such as gerund phrases) work as well, and some languages allow subjects to be omitted.
Sentence_(linguistics)
Grammatical formation of nouns from other types of words
used as nouns is the addition of the suffix -ing, known in English as a gerund. Some verbs and adjectives in English can be used directly as nouns without
Nominalization
System responsible for combining morphemes into complex structures
Determiner Dual (form for two) Endocentric Finite verb Function word Gender Gerund Government Head Head marking Infinitive Inversion Lexical item Logical form
Syntax
Verbs in the Spanish language
(the imperative), as well as three non-temporal forms (the infinitive, gerund, and past participle). Two of the tenses, namely both subjunctive futures
Spanish_verbs
Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨n⟩ in IPA
Unesp's digital collection – The deleting of /d/ in the morpheme of the gerund in São José do Rio Preto's accent Deprecated link archived 2012-12-31 at
Voiced dental and alveolar nasals
Voiced_dental_and_alveolar_nasals
Type of word in some languages
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Inflected_preposition
Personal pronoun that is used typically as a grammatical object
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Object_pronoun
Personal pronoun that is used as the subject of a verb
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Subject_pronoun
Verb which takes a subject and two objects
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Ditransitive_verb
Phonological process
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Initial-stress-derived_noun
Grammatical construct in which a noun modifies another noun
Health and Human Development "Eunice Kennedy Shriver". Attributive verb Gerund Participle Nominalized adjective, an adjective used as a noun Apostrophe
Noun_adjunct
Word or expression used to express an emotion or sentiment
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Interjection
Romance language
the verb, as do pronoun objects after imperative verbs, infinitives and gerunds, but otherwise, pronoun objects come before the verb. There are both indefinite
Italian_language
Form of personal pronoun
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Prepositional_pronoun
Proselytizing or preaching of Islam
summons" or "making an invitation". Grammatically, the word represents a gerund of a verb with the triconsonantal root d-ʕ-w (د-ع-و) meaning variously "to
Dawah
Verb that describes a state of being
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Stative_verb
Type of verb indicating more than just grammar
Strong / Weak Verbal Verb Forms Attributive Converb Finite / Nonfinite Gerund Gerundive Infinitive Participle Supine Transgressive Verbal noun Types Ambitransitive
Lexical_verb
GERUND
GERUND
GERUND
GERUND
Girl/Female
Hindu
Friend, Dignity
Male
Polish
Polish form of Greek Christophoros, KRZYSZTOF means "Christ-bearer."Â
Girl/Female
Hindu
First
Female
Czechoslovakian
, love.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sunny
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Jewel
Girl/Female
Hindu
Victory, Good character
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure of some kind, Middle English yard(e) (Old English geard; compare Garth).English : nickname from Middle English yard ‘rod’, ‘stick’ (Old English (Anglian) gerd), probably with reference to a rod or staff carried as a symbol of authority.English : from the same word as in 2, used to denote a measure of land. The surname probably denoted someone who held this quantity of land, and as it was quite a large amount (varying at different periods and in different places, but generally approximately 30 acres, a quarter of a hide), such a person would have been a reasonably prosperous farmer.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Knowledgeable, Various
Boy/Male
French
Eagle wolf.
GERUND
GERUND
GERUND
GERUND
GERUND
n.
A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.
n.
The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved.
n.
A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.
a.
Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial.
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use.
adv.
In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund.