Verbal abstract
The term verbal abstract denotes an abstract verbal noun .
The ti-abstraction is a verbal abstract formed in a special way, but it is not the only type of formation.
Examples
- Favor is a verbal abstract to be granted .
- Help is a verbal abstract to help .
- Patience goes back to the ancient Germanic verbal abstract * ga-þuldi- fem.
- Rumor comes from the Middle Low German Verbalabstraktum gerüefete of call .
- The Greek ἰδέα ( idéa ) is a verbal abstract of ἰδεῖν ( ideîn ) "behold", "recognize" (the suppletive aorist to ὁρᾶν ( horân ) "see").
Web links
Wiktionary: Verbal abstract - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Schmidbauer: Victims of rumors. Zeit Online , January 16, 2013, accessed July 1, 2013 .