Meaning of gerundival | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to the gerundive form of a word.

not-comparable

Examples

“The whole is concluded by the addition of the noun suffix gna, which itself carries a gerundival force.”

“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.”

“The process of 'gerundival attraction' is a sort of conjuring trick whereby a gerund is turned into a gerundive.”

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