deverbative, n. and a. Gram.
(dɪˈvɜːbətɪv)
[f. de- + verb, after denominative.]
A. n. A word formed on or derived from a verb. B. adj. Derived from a verb.
| 1913 J. M. Jones Welsh Gram. 381 Other Aryan stem-forms, mostly deverbatives and denominatives. 1949 Archivum Linguisticum I. 167 The verbal base is either radical or thematic, the first being monosyllabic and primary, i.e. neither deverbative nor denominative. 1951 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1951 116 Secondary formations, perhaps deverbatives based on the common verbs. 1970 Language XLVI. 381 The three morphemes are mutually exclusive, and each of them is related..to large sets of nominal roots and deverbative nouns. |