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Definition of Participial
1. Noun. A non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses.
Generic synonyms: Verb
Specialized synonyms: Present Participle, Past Participle, Perfect Participle
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or consisting of participles. "Participial inflections"
Definition of Participial
1. a. Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun.
2. n. A participial word.
Definition of Participial
1. Adjective. (grammar) of, relating to, or being a participle ¹
2. Noun. (grammar) a participle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Participial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Participial
Literary usage of Participial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"Negative participial nouns of each number and gender are formed exactly like the
... These participial nouns are declined like other nouns; nevertheless, ..."
2. A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry by V. S. Rajam (1992)
"PAST participial NOUNS GENERAL: The finite verb form that refers either to the
doer or the object of the action indicated by the verb is here called the ..."
3. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold, Jesse Ames Spencer (1867)
"participial Clauses. 30. When a participial clause is equivalent to an apposition
... [v means that the sentence is to be turned into a participial clause. ..."
4. A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India: To Wit, Hindi by John Beames (1879)
"participial TENSES DJ THE GIPSY VERB. § 39. So widely has the modern verb diverged
from its parent, that the simple tenses, in which there still remain ..."
5. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold, Jesse Ames Spencer (1853)
"participial Clauses. 30. When a participial clause is equivalent to an apposition
or relative sentence, it stands as near as possible to the word it ..."
6. Principles of the History of Language by Hermann Paul, Herbert Augustus Strong (1888)
"participial 240. In the case of participial constructions the time-relation tions:
Con- alone is expressed in which the state or the event which has been ..."
7. A Comprehensive Grammar of the Sinhalese Language: Adapted for the Use of by Abraham Mendis Gunasekara (1891)
"The past participial adjectives with the termination g are formed from bases of
the present tense. Sometimes the base of the past tense itself stands for ..."
8. English Grammar by Lillian Gertrude Kimball (1912)
"Tell about the participial phrases in these sentences: — Fred entered the house
... Since the participial phrase tells just how the children did the going, ..."
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