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adverb

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English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verb(um) (“word, verb”) +‎ -ium, so called because it is used to supplement other words (not specifically verbs). By surface analysis, ad- +‎ verb.

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    Noun

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    Examples (grammar)
    • I often went outside hiking during my stay in Japan. (modifying a verb)
    • It was often cold outside. (modifying an adjective)
    • Not often. (modifying another adverb)

    adverb (plural adverbs, abbreviation adv.)

    2. (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
      Hyponym: intransitive preposition
      manner adverb
      • 1844, E. A. Andrews, First Lessions in Latin; or Introduction to Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar, 6th edition, Boston, page 91:
        322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
      • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
        ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb.
    3. (programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.

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    Adverbs comprise a fundamental category of words in most languages. In English, adverbs are typically formed from adjectives by appending -ly and are used to modify verbs, verb phrases, adjectives, other adverbs, and entire sentences, but rarely nouns or noun phrases.

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    Verb

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    adverb (third-person singular simple present adverbs, present participle adverbing, simple past and past participle adverbed)

    1. (rare) To make into or become an adverb.
      Synonym: adverbialize
      • 1973, Indian Linguistics, volume 34, page 241:
        Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb.
      • 1998, English linguistics‎[1]:
        Even if, in the case of native speakers of English in particular, bonded adverbed verbs are always understood and used as entities, the different stages of théir formation are probably those I have just described.
      • 2005, John Barth, The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories‎[2], page 8:
        Then, post-adverbially, they start over again from Square One, explaining that queer name of hers and who and where she is and what's going on here besides adverbing.

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    Further reading

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    • “adverb”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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    Breton

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    Etymology

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      Ultimately from Latin adverbium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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      adverb m (plural adverboù)

      2. (grammar) adverb (lexical category)

      Cornish

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from English adverb.

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        adverb m (plural adverbow)

        2. (grammar) adverb (lexical category)

        Estonian

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        Etymology

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          From Latin adverbium.

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          • IPA(key): /ɑd̥ˈverb̥/, [ɑd̥ˈverb̥]
          • Rhymes: -erb
          • Hyphenation: ad‧verb

          Noun

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          adverb (genitive adverbi, partitive adverbi)

          2. (grammar, uncommon) adverb (lexical category)
            Synonym: määrsõna

          Declension

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          Declension of adverb (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
          singular plural
          nominative adverb adverbid
          accusative nom.
          gen. adverbi
          genitive adverbide
          partitive adverbi adverbe
          adverbisid
          illative adverbi
          adverbisse           		adverbidesse
          adverbesse
          inessive adverbis adverbides
          adverbes
          elative adverbist adverbidest
          adverbest
          allative adverbile adverbidele
          adverbele
          adessive adverbil adverbidel
          adverbel
          ablative adverbilt adverbidelt
          adverbelt
          translative adverbiks adverbideks
          adverbeks
          terminative adverbini adverbideni
          essive adverbina adverbidena
          abessive adverbita adverbideta
          comitative adverbiga adverbidega

          Derived terms

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          compounds

          References

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          • adverb in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
          • “adverb”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

          Mauritian Creole

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          Etymology

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            Derived from French adverbe.

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            adverb

            2. (grammar) adverb (lexical category)
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            Norwegian Bokmål

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            Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
            Wikipedia no

            Etymology

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            From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verbum (“word, verb”).

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            adverb n (definite singular adverbet, indefinite plural adverb or adverber, definite plural adverba or adverbene)

            1. (grammar) an adverb

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            Norwegian Nynorsk

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            Etymology

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            From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verbum (“word, verb”).

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            adverb n (definite singular adverbet, indefinite plural adverb, definite plural adverba)

            1. (grammar) an adverb

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            Romanian

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            Etymology

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              From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verbum (“word, verb”), French adverbe.

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              • IPA(key): /adˈverb/
              • Rhymes: -erb
              • Hyphenation: ad‧verb

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              adverb n (plural adverbe)

              2. (grammar) adverb (lexical category)

              Declension

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              singular plural
              indefinite definite indefinite definite
              nominative-accusative adverb adverbul adverbe adverbele
              genitive-dative adverb adverbului adverbe adverbelor
              vocative adverbule adverbelor

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              Serbo-Croatian

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              Etymology

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                From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verbum (“word, verb”).

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                • IPA(key): /ǎdʋerb/
                • Hyphenation: ad‧verb

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                àdverb m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀дверб)

                2. (grammar) adverb (lexical category)
                  Synonym: prílog

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                Declension of adverb
                singular plural
                nominative adverb adverbi
                genitive adverba àdvērbā
                dative adverbu adverbima
                accusative adverb adverbe
                vocative adverbe adverbi
                locative adverbu adverbima
                instrumental adverbom adverbima

                Further reading

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                • “adverb”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

                Swedish

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                Etymology

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                  From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word”).

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                  • IPA(key): /adˈvɛrːb/, [adˈværːb]
                  • Audio:(file)
                  • Rhymes: -ɛrːb
                  • Hyphenation: ad‧verb

                  Noun

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                  adverb n

                  2. (grammar) adverb (lexical category)

                  Declension

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                  Declension of adverb
                  nominative genitive
                  singular indefinite adverb adverbs
                  definite adverbet adverbets
                  plural indefinite adverb adverbs
                  definite adverben adverbens
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                  Veps

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                  Etymology

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                    Ultimately from Latin adverbium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

                    Noun

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                    adverb

                    2. (grammar) adverb (lexical category)

                    Inflection

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                    Inflection of adverb (inflection type 5/sana)
                    nominative sing. adverb
                    genitive sing. adverban
                    partitive sing. adverbad
                    partitive plur. adverboid
                    singular plural
                    nominative adverb adverbad
                    accusative adverban adverbad
                    genitive adverban adverboiden
                    partitive adverbad adverboid
                    essive-instructive adverban adverboin
                    translative adverbaks adverboikš
                    inessive adverbas adverboiš
                    elative adverbaspäi adverboišpäi
                    illative adverbaha adverboihe
                    adessive adverbal adverboil
                    ablative adverbalpäi adverboilpäi
                    allative adverbale adverboile
                    abessive adverbata adverboita
                    comitative adverbanke adverboidenke
                    prolative adverbadme adverboidme
                    approximative I adverbanno adverboidenno
                    approximative II adverbannoks adverboidennoks
                    egressive adverbannopäi adverboidennopäi
                    terminative I adverbahasai adverboihesai
                    terminative II adverbalesai adverboilesai
                    terminative III adverbassai —
                    additive I adverbahapäi adverboihepäi
                    additive II adverbalepäi adverboilepäi

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                    • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “наречие”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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