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Meaning of -and | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing.
  2. A suffix forming nouns denoting patients (i.e., recipients of actions), such as compiland.
  3. A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing.

Examples

“livand, nurischand, ravand, snipand, goand”
“waniand, blatant, blicant, farrand, flippant, gainand, rampant, trippant, warkand”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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