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deverbal
deverbal
See also: déverbal
English
Adjective
deverbal (not comparable)
- (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)
- (grammar) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb; a deverbative.