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deverbal

deverbal

See also: déverbal

English

Adjective

deverbal (not comparable)

  1. (grammar, linguistics) Derived from a verb. Commonly used to describe nominalized verb forms in Navajo, as well as gerunds and adjectives in Russian.

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Noun

deverbal (plural deverbals)

  1. (grammar) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb; a deverbative.

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