gerundal
English
Etymology
gerund + -al
Adjective
gerundal (not comparable)
- Being or pertaining to a gerund.
- Synonym: gerundial
- 1943, Clarence Paschall, The Semasiology of Words Derived from the Indo-European *nem-:
- The difference between these forms is, however, purely phonetic, since the gerund may also be mutated and the infinitive may appear in gerundal form ...
- 1985, Timothy Shopen, Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 2, Complex Constructions, Cambridge University Press (→ISBN), page 43:
- c. Cartier's defeating Dugué is significant (gerundal or verbal noun clause)
- d. Nelson saw Cartier defeating Dugué (participial clause)