What (who) is participle - definition

FORM OF A VERB WHICH IS USED IN A SENTENCE TO MODIFY A NOUN OR NOUN PHRASE

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participle

n. (grammar) an active; dangling (esp. AE), misrelated (BE); passive; past; perfect; present participle

participle

[p?:'t?s?p(?)l]

¦ noun Grammar a word formed from a verb (e.g. going, gone, being, been) and used as an adjective or noun (as in burnt toast, good breeding) or used to make compound verb forms (is going, has been).

Derivatives

participial p?:ti's?p??l adjective

participially adverb

Origin

ME: from OFr., by-form of participe, from L. participium 'sharing'.

participle

(participles)

In grammar, a participle is a form of a verb that can be used in compound tenses of the verb. There are two participles in English: the past participle, which usually ends in '-ed', and the present participle, which ends in '-ing'.

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Wikipedia

Participle

In linguistics, a participle (from Latin participium 'a sharing, partaking'; abbr. PTCP) is a nonfinite verb form that has some of the characteristics and functions of both verbs and adjectives. More narrowly, participle has been defined as "a word derived from a verb and used as an adjective, as in a laughing face".

“Participle” is a traditional grammatical term from Greek and Latin that is widely used for corresponding verb forms in European languages and analogous forms in Sanskrit and Arabic grammar.

Cross-linguistically, participles may have a range of functions apart from adjectival modification. In European and Indian languages, the past participle is used to form the passive voice. In English, participles are also associated with periphrastic verb forms (continuous and perfect) and are widely used in adverbial clauses. In non-Indo-European languages, ‘participle’ has been applied to forms that are alternatively regarded as converbs (see Sireniki Eskimo below), gerunds, gerundives, transgressives, and nominalised verbs in complement clauses. As a result, ‘participles’ have come to be associated with a broad variety of syntactic constructions.

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Pronunciation examples for participle

1. and Hugo Manassei of Participle

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2. Come as your favorite verb participle.

Swiss Watching - Inside the Land of Milk and Money _ Diccon Bewes _ Talks at Google

3. See, ,, in Latin, is a participle.

Religion and the Opening Up of the Mind _ Bishop Robert Barron _ Talks at Google

4. Never does the word "madd" go before a present participle

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5. or if you're going to have a participle

Create a Language in Just One Hour _ David J. Peterson _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of participle

1. The past participle of run . . . Contestant: (Silence.) Wood: OK, try it another way.

2. "We will not participle in the political process as long as the occupation exists," although he suggested that might change if Washington offered a timetable for withdrawal.

3. When in doubt, go back to the word‘s origins. Ïîøëûé, which is the participle form of the verb ïîéòè (to go) has been used in Russian at least as far back as the 13th century.

4. The boss wants to fire him.") Or yet another participle combination –– ęŕę ćĺ –– to indicate agreement. –– Ň$'; ďîěí';řü '4;ŕíţ? –– Ęŕę ćĺ, ęŕę ćĺ. Ęŕę îí? Óńňđî';ëńH'; îí íŕ đŕáîňó? ("Remember Vanya?" "Of course I remember him.

5. But Sunni hard–liners – including insurgents and many clerics – remain adamantly opposed to the political process. Our position is unchanged,‘‘ Sheik Mohammed Bashar al–Faydhi, spokesman for the hard–line clerical Association of Muslim Scholars, told reporters Sunday. We will not participle in the political process as long as the occupation exists,‘‘ although he suggested that might change if Washington offered a timetable for withdrawal.