Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

g-form

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: g--form
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The base form of a verb (as opposed to its extended verb forms), particularly in the Semitic languages

Example Sentences

"Form I is the base, or ground, form of the verb and will be referred to henceforth as the "G-form," the Semitic designation, from Grundstamm (“base stem”)"
"Koranic Arabic verbs don't occur only with -a-a- vowels — like kataba ‘he wrote’ — in the Pf-stems of their active G-forms: some transitive action verbs like šariba ‘drink’ and several stative and psychological verbs like ḥasiba ‘suppose’ have i as their second stem vowel, [...]"

Etymology

From German Grundstamm.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Grundstamm

Inflected Forms

G-forms (plural)

Phrases

G-stem

Frequently Paired Words

G-stem

Questions

What does g-form mean?: The base form of a verb (as opposed to its extended verb forms), particularly in the Semitic languages
Where does g-form come from?: It is traced to German.

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