WebNouns. Old English nouns are grouped by grammatical gender, and inflect based on case and number.. Gender. Old English still had all three genders of Proto-Indo-European: masculine, feminine, and neuter.. Each noun belongs to one of the three genders, while adjectives and determiners take different forms depending on the gender of the noun they …

WebA crystal oscillator is an electronic oscillator circuit that uses a piezoelectric crystal as a frequency-selective element. The oscillator frequency is often used to keep track of time, as in quartz wristwatches, to provide a stable clock signal for digital integrated circuits, and to stabilize frequencies for radio transmitters and receivers.The most common type of …

WebIn English, possessive words or phrases exist for nouns and most pronouns, as well as some noun phrases.These can play the roles of determiners (also called possessive adjectives when corresponding to a pronoun) or of nouns.. For nouns, noun phrases, and some pronouns, the possessive is generally formed with the suffix-' s, but in some cases …

WebNynorsk (lit. 'New Norwegian') is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål.From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (Norwegian: Landsmål) parallel to the Dano-Norwegian written language ().Nynorsk became the name in 1929, and it is after a …

WebIn linguistics, conjugation (/ ˌ k ɒ n dʒ ʊ ˈ ɡ eɪ ʃ ən /) is the creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection (alteration of form according to rules of grammar).For instance, the verb break can be conjugated to form the words break, breaks, broke, broken and breaking.While English has a relatively simple conjugation, other languages such as …

WebThe English language has many irregular verbs, approaching 200 in normal use—and significantly more if prefixed forms are counted. In most cases, the irregularity concerns the past tense (also called preterite) or the past participle.. The other inflected parts of the verb—the third person singular present indicative in -[e]s, and the present participle and …

WebThe idea that the rate of oil production would peak and irreversibly decline is an old one. In 1919, David White, chief geologist of the United States Geological Survey, wrote of US petroleum: "... the peak of production will soon be passed, possibly within 3 years." In 1953, Eugene Ayers, a researcher for Gulf Oil, projected that if US ultimate recoverable oil …

WebAn incantation, a spell, a charm, an enchantment or a bewitchery, is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The formula can be spoken, sung or chanted.An incantation can also be performed during ceremonial rituals or prayers.In the world of magic, wizards, witches, and fairies allegedly perform incantations. In medieval …

WebInflection for definiteness follows two paradigms, called "weak" and "strong", a feature shared among the Germanic languages. The following table summarizes the inflection of adjectives in Norwegian. The indefinite affirmative inflection can vary between adjectives, but in general the paradigm illustrated below is the most common.

WebBornholmsk is an East Danish dialect spoken on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.It was originally part of the East Danish dialect continuum, which includes the dialects of southern Sweden, but became isolated in the Danish dialect landscape after 1658, when Sweden annexed the eastern Danish provinces of Scania/ Skåne, Halland and Blekinge.. …