单词 | root noun |
释义 | > as lemmasroot noun root noun n. [Originally (with reference to such nouns in Indo-European languages) probably after German Wurzelnomen (1847 or earlier in this sense; earlier in senses ‘parent noun from which a verb is derived’ (1820 or earlier) and ‘noun which cannot be analysed as a derivative of another word within the same language’ (1833 or earlier in a school grammar of Latin)).] ΚΠ 1854 W. Barnes Philol. Gram. 53 There are many of these root-nouns in Icelandic, where they are formed by throwing away the ending a of the infinitive mood. 1962 C. W. Watkins Indo-European Origins of Celtic Verb I. 185 The verbal root *med- being identical with the athematic root noun *med-. 2004 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 124 187 Among the fairly clear patterns that emerge is the strong tendency of root nouns to undergo concretization relative to the processive tí-derivatives. < as lemmas |
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