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gerundival en · ADJ

Etymology

From gerundive + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the gerundive form of a word.
    • 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. 2014, Dan Lusthaus, Buddhist Phenomenology, →ISBN:
    • The whole is concluded by the addition of the noun suffix gna, which itself carries a gerundival force. 1941, Journal of the Polynesian Society - Volume 50, page 10:
    • The process of 'gerundival attraction' is a sort of conjuring trick whereby a gerund is turned into a gerundive. 2017, John Taylor, Latin Beyond GCSE, →ISBN, page 76: