gerundal

English

Etymology

From gerund +‎ -al.

Adjective

gerundal (not comparable)

1. Being or pertaining to a gerund.

   Synonyms: gerundial, gerundive

   • 1943, Clarence Paschall, The Semasiology of Words Derived from the Indo-European *nem-:

     The difference between these forms is, however, purely phonetic, since the gerund may also be mutated and the infinitive may appear in gerundal form ...

   • 1985, Timothy Shopen, Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 2, Complex Constructions, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 43:

     c. Cartier's defeating Dugué is significant (gerundal or verbal noun clause)
     d. Nelson saw Cartier defeating Dugué (participial clause)