gerundal

English

Etymology

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)
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