verbal noun
Noun
Meaning
verbal noun (plural verbal nouns)
(grammar) A noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, it contrasts with the gerund and the deverbal noun.
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Both forms are used with the verbal noun (equivalent to the English present participle ) to create compound tenses.
For verbs, a given root can construct up to fifteen different verbs, each with one or more characteristic meanings and each with its own templates for the past and non-past stems, active and passive participles, and verbal noun.
Broderick 1993, 276 However, as noted above, most finite verbs are formed periphrastically, using an auxiliary verb in conjunction with the verbal noun.
Examples: When the auxiliary verb is a form of jannoo main ("do"), the direct object precedes the verbal noun and is connected to it with the particle y main: As in Irish (cf.
This is rather similar to the English verbal noun -ING form, and therefore as a noun, this form can inflect just like any other noun.
For example, from the basic root sh-r-k 'share' can be derived the Form VIII verb ishtaraka 'to cooperate, participate', and in turn its verbal noun ishtirāk 'cooperation, participation' can be formed.