verbnoun
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A calque of the Welsh berfenw: berf → verb + enw → noun.
Noun
[edit]verbnoun (plural verbnouns)
- (Welsh grammar) A verb form which acts as a defective noun, having functions similar to the English infinitive and gerund, and the Latin supine.
Usage notes
[edit]- In dictionaries (such as Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru) that lemmatize the first-person singular present active indicative forms of verbs, the verbnoun is given as the second principal part.