gerundium
See also: Gerundium
Czech
Noun
gerundium n
- (grammar) a gerund
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).
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin gerundium, from gerundus (“which is to be carried out”), the gerundive of gerō (“bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
audio (file) - IPA(key): /ɣeːˈrʏn.di.ʏm/
Noun
gerundium n (plural gerundiums or gerundia, diminutive gerundiumpje n)
- gerund
Latin
Etymology
From gerendus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡeˈrun.di.um/, [ɡɛˈrʊn̪d̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈrun.di.um/, [d͡ʒeˈrun̪d̪ium]
Noun
gerundium n (genitive gerundiī or gerundī); second declension
- (grammar) gerund
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
- gerundīvus
Related terms
- gerō
- gerula
- gerulum
- gerulus
Descendants
- Catalan: gerundi
- English: gerund
- Galician: xerundio
- German: Gerundium
- Greek: γερούνδιον (geroúndion)
- Italian: gerundio
- Portuguese: gerúndio
- Romanian: gerunziu
- Spanish: gerundio
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
- IPA(key): /ɡɛˈrun.djum/
- Rhymes: -undjum
- Syllabification: ge‧run‧dium
Noun
gerundium n
- (grammar) gerund
- Synonym: odsłownik
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
- gerundialny
Further reading
- gerundium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gerundium in Polish dictionaries at PWN