In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DEVERBAL
Etymology
Adjective
deverbal (not comparable)
(grammar, linguistics) Derived from a verb. Commonly used to describe nominalized verb forms in Navajo, as well as gerunds and adjectives in Russian.
Coordinate terms: denominal, deadjectival, denumeral, depronominal, deinterjectional
Noun
deverbal (plural deverbals)
(grammar, linguistics) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb.
Coordinate term: denominal
Synonyms
• deverbative (rare)
• verbal noun
Anagrams
• verbaled
Source: Wiktionary
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