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*''To see how to form verbal nouns in Gaelic look at [[Formation of Verbal Nouns]]''

A verbal noun is a deverbal morpheme (a word that is not verb being derived from a verb) in which the resulting word is a noun (eg. The ''assassination'', She loves ''singing''). In Gaelic, verbal nouns are used in place of gerunds and participles (in auxiliary verb constructions)

==See Also==
*[[Verbal Nouns]]
*[[Use of Verbal Nouns]]
*[[Verbal Adjective (definition)]]
*[[Periphrastic (definition)]]
*[[Past Participle (definition)]]
*[[Present Participle (definition)]]

==External Links==
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http://www.memrise.com/set/10021289/verbal-nouns/
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==References==
*Matthews, P. H.  (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. 
*[[William Lamb|Lamb, William]] (2003) ''Scottish Gaelic''. 2nd edition. Munich: Lingcom Europa

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