verbnoun

== English == === Etymology === A calque of the Welsh berfenw: berf → verb + enw → noun. === Noun === verbnoun (plural verbnouns) (Welsh grammar) A verb form which acts as a defective noun, having functions similar to the English infinitive and gerund, and the Latin supine. ==== Usage notes ==== In dictionaries (such as Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru) that lemmatize the first-person singular present active indicative forms of verbs, the verbnoun is given as the second principal part. ==== Translations ====