Meaning of Participial | Babel Free
Definitions
- A non-finite verb.
- A participial word.
Equivalents
العربية
إسم الفاعل
Ελληνικά
μετοχικός
Español
participial
Suomi
partisiippinen
Français
participial
עברית
בֵּינוֹנִי
Latina
participialis
Polski
imiesłowowy
Português
participial
Русский
причастный
Tagalog
makadiwari
Examples
“§ 280. A Participial is a derived form⟳ of the verb used not for asserting but for expressing either, — 1. An object of thought; or, 2. A modification of such an object. Participials, accordingly, are either, — 1. Noun-participials; as, "To think⟳ is to act;" "Their sending the messacre was the cause of the trouble⟳;" or, 2. Adjective-participials, more commonly called Participles; as, "The advancing army;" "The expected messenger."”
“[…] the verb has two forms, which […] are called Participials, namely, (a) The Infinitv […] (b) The Participle […] .”
“To have⟳ a short appellation, let⟳ us call⟳ participles and infinitives participials. Among all the myriads of words, a more skillful, many-sided and hard-working class than this could hardly be found, and still—such is the world's reward⟳—they are strangers in a strange land⟳ forced to live⟳ with their aristocratic cousins, the "finite" verbs. For participials are not verbs in reality.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See also
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