verbum

Afrikaans

Noun

verbum (plural verba)

1. verb

Synonyms

• werkwoord
• funksiewoord

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Danish

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From Latin verbum (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɛrbɔm/, [ˈvæɐ̯b̥ɔm]

Noun

verbum n (singular definite verbet, plural indefinite verber)

1. (grammar) verb (a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Inflection

    Inflection of verbum

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	verbum	verbet	verber	verberne
genitive	verbums	verbets	verbers	verbernes

Synonyms

• udsagnsord

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Latin

Wikipedia ^la

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”), probably via a Pre-Latin form *verfom. Confer Umbrian uerfalem.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: [ˈwer.bũ], /ˈwer.bu/

• Audio (Classical)

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• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈver.bu/

Noun

verbum (genitive verbī); n, second declension

1. word

   In principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat Verbum.

   In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and God was the Word.

   Res, non verba.

   Actions, not words. (≡ Actions speak louder than words.)

2. proverb

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	verbum	verba
genitive	verbī	verbōrum
dative	verbō	verbīs
accusative	verbum	verba
ablative	verbō	verbīs
vocative	verbum	verba

Derived terms

adverbium proverbium verbālis

verbātim verbōsus

Related terms

• adverbiālis
• verbōsē

Descendants

Catalan: verb English: verb French: verbe, verve Galician: verbo German: Verb, Verbum Italian: verbo

Occitan: vèrb Portuguese: verbo Romanian: verb Sicilian: verbu Spanish: verbo Swedish: verb