Associations to the word «Deverbal»

Wiktionary

DEVERBAL, adjective. (grammar) (linguistics) Derived from a verb. Commonly used to describe nominalized verb forms in Navajo, as well as gerunds and adjectives in Russian.
DEVERBAL, noun. (grammar) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb; a deverbative.

Wise words

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Mark Twain