Definition
deverbatives
noun
- Words or word forms derived from verbs, typically nouns or adjectives created by adding suffixes or other morphological changes to a verb stem.
Usage: linguistics; plural form; singular is 'deverbative'
Examples
- In English, 'running' and 'runner' are deverbatives formed from the verb 'run'.
- The noun 'destruction' is a deverbative derived from the verb 'destroy'.
- Linguists study deverbatives to understand how languages create new words from existing verbs.
- Words like 'happiness' and 'sadness' are deverbatives that come from the verbs 'happen' and 'sadden'.
- The suffix '-tion' is commonly used to form deverbatives in English, as in 'creation' from 'create'.