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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfɛʁpˌfɔʁm
"Das Partizip ist eine wichtige Verbform."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A word that functions as another part of speech while retaining certain characteristics of a verb, such as taking objects or modifiers.
"In the sentence 'Swimming is fun,' the word 'swimming' is a verbal form known as a gerund." - 2
A specific morphological manifestation or conjugation of a verb reflecting tense, mood, voice, person, or number.
"The irregular verbal form 'went' indicates the past tense of the verb 'go'."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'verbalis' (pertaining to a word) combined with 'forma' (shape, figure, or mold). The term evolved within grammatical scholarship to describe words derived from verbs that function as other parts of speech, such as participles, infinitives, and gerunds.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Verbal form" is said worldwide
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forme verbale
Transliteration: fɔʁm vɛʁbal
"Le participe est une forme verbale importante."
Verbform
Transliteration: ˈfɛʁpˌfɔʁm
"Das Partizip ist eine wichtige Verbform."
forma verbale
Transliteration: ˈfɔrma verˈbale
"Il participio è una forma verbale complessa."
forma verbal
Transliteration: ˈfoɾma βeɾˈβal
"El gerundio es una forma verbal invariable."
forma verbal
Transliteration: ˈfɔɾmɐ veɾˈbaɫ
"O infinitivo é uma forma verbal básica."
क्रिया रूप
Transliteration: kriyā rūp
"कृदंत एक महत्वपूर्ण क्रिया रूप है।"
动词形式
Transliteration: dòngcí xíngshì
"分词是一种特殊的动词形式。"
동사형
Transliteration: dongsahyeong
"분사는 중요한 동사형 중 하나입니다."
動詞の形
Transliteration: dōshi no katachi
"分詞は文法上の動詞の形です。"
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