agent participle
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
agent participle (plural agent participles)
- (grammar) A verb form in some (e.g. Finno-Ugric) languages that allows the property of something being a target of an action to be formatted as an adjective-like attribute.
Usage notes[edit]
The agent participle is often translated into English as past participle + by as in: "a picture taken by Matthew". If there was an agent participle in English the example might be formulated as "a taken-by-Matthew picture".
Translations[edit]
a verb form
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