gerundium
See also: Gerundium
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gerundium n
Usage notes edit
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).
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Etymology edit
From Latin gerundium, from gerundus (“which is to be carried out”), the gerundive of gerō (“bear, carry”).
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Noun edit
gerundium n (plural gerundiums or gerundia, diminutive gerundiumpje n)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From gerendus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡeˈrun.di.um/, [ɡɛˈrʊn̪d̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈrun.di.um/, [d͡ʒeˈrun̪d̪ium]
Noun edit
gerundium n (genitive gerundiī or gerundī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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).
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References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin gerundium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gerundium n
Declension edit
Declension of gerundium
singular | plural | |
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nominative | gerundium | gerundia |
genitive | gerundium | gerundiów |
dative | gerundium | gerundiom |
accusative | gerundium | gerundia |
instrumental | gerundium | gerundiami |
locative | gerundium | gerundiach |
vocative | gerundium | gerundia |
Derived terms edit
adjective