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substantive verb en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. In the Goidelic languages, a copular verb meaning “to be” that is used with predicates that are prepositional phrases, adverbs, or adjectives, but not with predicates that are noun phrases: Old Irish at·tá, Irish bí (present tá), Scottish Gaelic bi (present tha), Manx bee (present ta).

Forms

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Translations (4)

pt verbo substantivo (copular verb in the Goidelic languages) · ga briathar substainteach (copular verb in the Goidelic languages) · hu létige (copular verb in the Goidelic languages) · pl czasownik substantywny (copular verb in the Goidelic languages)