Associations to the word «Deverbal»

Wiktionary

DEVERBAL, adjective. (grammar) (linguistics) Derived from a verb. Commonly used to describe nominalized verb forms in Navajo, as well as gerunds and adjectives in Russian.
DEVERBAL, noun. (grammar) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb; a deverbative.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley