gerundium
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See also: Gerundium
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
gerundium n
Usage notes
Officially, there are no gerunds in the Czech language. However, verbal nouns (podstatná jména slovesná) constitute the equivalent, often even in translations of gerunds (i.e. jumping = skákání, moving = hýbání, creating = vytváření).
Declension
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin gerundium, from gerundus (“which is to be carried out”), the gerundive of gerō (“bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gerundium n (plural gerundiums or gerundia, diminutive gerundiumpje n)
Latin
Etymology
From gerendus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡeˈrun.di.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈrun.di.um/,
Noun
gerundium n (genitive gerundiī or gerundī); second declension
- (grammar) the gerund, in latin a verbal noun inflected in the accusative, genitive, dative and ablative cases used to convey different verbal meanings. Not to be confused with the gerundīvum (future passive participle).
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gerundium | gerundia |
| Genitive | gerundiī gerundī1 |
gerundiōrum |
| Dative | gerundiō | gerundiīs |
| Accusative | gerundium | gerundia |
| Ablative | gerundiō | gerundiīs |
| Vocative | gerundium | gerundia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
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Descendants
References
- “gerundium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gerundium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gerundium.
Pronunciation
Noun
gerundium n
Declension
Declension of gerundium
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gerundium | gerundia |
| genitive | gerundium | gerundiów |
| dative | gerundium | gerundiom |
| accusative | gerundium | gerundia |
| instrumental | gerundium | gerundiami |
| locative | gerundium | gerundiach |
| vocative | gerundium | gerundia |
Derived terms
adjective