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Adjectival participle is a lexical category in the grammar of some languages (Russian ^[1], Hungarian, many Eskimo languages, e.g. Sireniki Eskimo ^[2]). In most cases, it plays the role of the sentence element called attribute — thus it can usually be translated into English by using an appropriate relative clause ^[3]. It is built out of a verb (mostly with a suffix). Image File history File links Linguistics_stub. ... Linguistics is the scientific study of language. ... In grammar, a lexical category (also word class, lexical class, or in traditional grammar part of speech) is a linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items) that are usually defined by their particular syntactic or morphological behaviours. ... Sirenik or Sirenikskiy (also Old Sirenik or Vuteen) is an extinct Eskimo-Aleut language. ... Sentence elements are the groups of words that combine together to comprise the ‘building units’ of a well-formed sentence. ... A relative clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Suffix has meanings in linguistics, nomenclature and computer science. ...

Because the above languages have also adverbial participle, the word participle is meant often for both lexical categories ^[1]. Look up Adverbial participle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In linguistics, a participle is a kind of verbal adjective; it indicates that the noun it modifies is a participant in the action that the participle refers to. ...

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} The Russian Participles. Part of “An Intercative On-line Reference Grammar — Russian” by Dr. Robert Beard.
2. ^ Menovshchikov, G.A.: Language of Sirenik Eskimos. Phonetics, morphology, texts and vocabulary. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow • Leningrad, 1964. Original data: Г.А. Меновщиков: Язык сиреникских эскимосов. Фонетика, очерк морфологии, тексты и словарь. Академия Наук СССР. Институт языкознания. Москва • Ленинград, 1964
3. ^ Ernest De Witt Burton: Moods and Tenses of New Testament Greek. The adjective participle. Paragraph 428.

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See also

• Non-finite verb
• Participle
• Adverbial participle