deverbal, n. and a. Gram.
(dɪˈvɜːbəl)
[f. de- + verb + -al1.]
A. adj. Derived from a verb. B. n. = deverbative n.
| 1934 Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. ii. iii. 225 The suffix -ēn had two specific functions: (a) to form durative deverbals, e.g. hangēn ‘to be hanging’. 1946 Ibid. (ed. 2) 256 The deverbal derivatives. 1959 Archivum Linguisticum XI. 108 Runner—deverbal noun. |