strong verb
nounEtymology Calque of German starkes Verb, equivalent to strong + verb.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Any of a class of Germanic verbs which use ablaut as opposed to a dental affix to indicate tense.
- CONJUGATION OF THE STRONG VERB "TO TAKE" (Commonly called Irregular.) [...] Present, Take. Past, Took. Perf. Part. Taken.1850, William Chauncey Fowler, English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms, New York: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 280:
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Any of a subset of English irregular verbs which lack the addition of a dental affix to indicate the simple past and past participle tenses.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A member of a "strong" class in a language with two or more verb classes.
- Three basic root consonant classes exist: the strong verb, roots with weak initial root consonant (I-weak verbs), roots with weak final consonants (III-weak verbs), and a composite class...2009, Charles Häberl, The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 177:
- Related terms
- weak verb