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principal parts

pl.n.

1. In traditional grammars of inflected languages, the forms of the verb that are considered basic and from which all other forms of the verb are derived.

2. In English, the present infinitive (play, eat, put), the past tense (played, ate, put), the present participle (playing, eating, putting), and the past participle (played, eaten, put).

principal parts

pl n

1. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar the main inflected forms of a verb, from which all other inflections may be deduced. In English they are generally considered to consist of the third person present singular, present participle, past tense, and past participle

2. (Mathematics) the sides and interior angles of a triangle

Translations

principal parts

pl (Gram: of verb) → Stammformen pl

principal parts npl (Gram) → paradigma msg

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