pronominal adverb

English

Noun

pronominal adverb (plural pronominal adverbs)

A type of adverb occurring in a number of Germanic languages, formed in replacement of a preposition and a pronoun by turning the latter into a locative adverb and the former into a prepositional adverb and joining them in reverse order.
For that => therefore

By this => hereby

In what => wherein

Translations

type of adverb

Dutch: voornaamwoordelijk bijwoord (nl) n
Finnish: pronominaaliadverbi (fi)
German: Pronominaladverb (de) n

Macedonian: заменска придавка f (zámenska prídavka)
Swedish: pronominaladverb n

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