English Dictionary

weak verb

名詞

(grammar) One of a class of Germanic verbs which use a dental affix appended to the stem to indicate tense; a Germanic weak verb.

日本語の意味

ゲルマン語派の動詞の一群で、時制を示すために動詞の語幹に歯状の接尾辞を付加するもの。一般に「弱動詞」と呼ばれる。

When studying Old English, the linguist noticed that 'love' behaves like a weak verb, forming the past tense with a dental affix.

古英語を研究していると、言語学者は「love」が語幹に歯化接尾辞を付けて過去形を作るタイプのゲルマン語派の動詞であることに気づいた。

意味（1）

(grammar) One of a class of Germanic verbs which use a dental affix appended to the stem to indicate tense; a Germanic weak verb.

A Weak Verb adds d, ed, or t, to the Present Tense, to make the Past Tense; as, invite, invited; betray, betrayed; step, stept.

意味（2）

(grammar, linguistics) A member of a "weak" class in a language with two or more verb classes.

Three basic root consonant classes exist: the strong verb, roots with weak initial root consonant (I-weak verbs), roots with weak final consonants (III-weak verbs), and a composite class...

意味（3）

(grammar) A verb the conjugation of which is regular.

Storage clearly is assumed for irregular verb forms. But what about regular or weak verb forms?

weak verbs （ plural ）