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In linguistics, a '''participle''' ({{etymology|la|{{wikt-lang|la|participium}}|a sharing, partaking}}; abbr. '''{{sc|ptcp}}''') is a [[nonfinite verb|nonfinite verb form]] that has some of the characteristics and functions of both verbs and adjectives.<ref>[https://glossary.sil.org/term/participle] SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms</ref> More narrowly, ''participle'' has been defined as "a word derived from a verb and used as an adjective, as in a ''laughing face''".<ref>Crystal, David. (2008). ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics'' (6th ed.). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.</ref>

"Participle" is a traditional grammatical term from Greek and Latin that is widely used for corresponding verb forms in European languages and analogous forms in [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] grammar. In particular, Greek and Latin participles are [[inflection|inflected]] for [[grammatical gender|gender]], [[grammatical number|number]] and [[grammatical case|case]], but also [[grammatical conjugation|conjugated]] for [[Grammatical tense|tense]] and [[voice (grammar)|voice]] and can take prepositional and adverbial modifiers.

Cross-linguistically, participles may have a range of functions apart from adjectival modification. In European and Indian languages, the past participle is used to form the [[passive voice]]. In English, participles are also associated with [[periphrastic]] verb forms ([[continuous and progressive aspects|continuous]] and [[perfect (grammar)|perfect]]) and are widely used in [[adverbial clause]]s. In non-Indo-European languages, 'participle' has been applied to forms that are alternatively regarded as [[converb]]s (see [[#Sirenik|Sirenik]] below), [[gerund]]s, [[gerundive]]s, [[Transgressive (linguistics)|transgressives]], and nominalised verbs in complement clauses. As a result, 'participles' have come to be associated with a broad variety of syntactic constructions.

==Etymology==

The word ''participle'' comes from classical Latin {{Lang|la|participium}},<ref>{{L&S|participium|ref}}</ref> from {{Lang|la|particeps}} 'sharing, participation', because it shares certain properties of verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. The Latin grammatical term is a [[calque]] of the Greek grammatical term {{Lang|grc|μετοχή}} : {{lang|grc-Latn|metochē}}, 'participation, participle'.<ref>{{LSJ|metoxh/|μετοχή|ref}}</ref><ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', [https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/138252 ''s.v.'']</ref>

The linguistic term, ''past participle'', was coined circa 1798<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/past%20participle| title = Past participle Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster}}</ref> based on its participial form, whose morphology equates to the regular form of [[preterite]] verbs. The term, ''present participle'', was first used {{circa|1864}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/present%20participle |title=Present participle |work=[[Merriam-Webster]] }}</ref> to facilitate grammatical distinctions. Despite the taxonomical use of "past" and "present" as associated with the aforementioned participles, their respective semantic use can entail any tense, regardless of aspect, depending on how they are structurally combined.

== Forms ==
Some languages have extensive participial systems but English has only two participial forms, most commonly termed:
# '''past participle''',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/past_participle |title=Past participle |work=[[Wiktionary]] |date=11 November 2021 }}</ref> which is regularly formed with an ''-ed'' [[suffix]] (e.g. ''looked'', ''ended'', ''tutored'') but has numerous irregular forms (e.g. ''broken'', ''spoken'', ''eaten''); and
# '''present participle''',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/present_participle |title=Present participle |work=[[Wiktionary]] |date=10 February 2019 }}</ref> which is formed with an ''[[-ing]]'' suffix (e.g. ''breaking'', ''making'', ''understanding'').
Some grammars further distinguish ''passive participles''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/passive_participle |title=Passive participle |work=[[Wiktionary]] |date=4 January 2021 }}</ref> as often associated with [[passive voice]] versus ''active participles''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/active_participle |title=Active participle |work=[[Wiktionary]] |date=4 January 2021 }}</ref> as often associated with e.g. the [[present progressive tense]], but such linguistic distinctions are neither recognized nor employed on a universal basis.

== Types ==

Participles can be used adjectivally (i.e. without characteristics of canonical verbs) as ''[[attributive adjective]]s''. Unlike standard verbs, participles don’t typically have [[object (grammar)|objects]] or the usual modifiers that verbs have. However, they can be modified by adverbs such as ''very'' or ''slightly''. The difference is illustrated by the following examples:
* The subject '''interesting''' him is Greek history.
* Greek history is an '''interesting''' subject.
* Greek history is a very '''interesting''' subject.

In the first sentence, ''interesting'' functions transitively in a non-finite sense as a participle that expresses the object ''him'', thereby forming the grammatical equivalent of "[that is] ''interesting him''". In the second and third sentences, ''interesting'' functions as a prepositive adjective modifying ''subject''. An adverb (such as ''very'' or ''recently'') or a prefix (such as ''un-'') can preface adjectival participles: "a ''very frightened'' rabbit", "''recently fallen'' leaves", "''uninterested'' people".

Some languages differentiate '''adjectival participles''' and '''adverbial participles'''. An adverbial participle (or a participial phrase/clause based on such a participle) plays the role of an [[adverbial]] phrase in the sentence in which it appears, whereas an adjectival participle (or a participial phrase/clause based on one) plays the role of an [[adjective phrase]]. Such languages include [[Russian grammar|Russian]]<ref name="ruspar">[http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/particip.html The Russian Participles]. Part of "An Interactive On-line Reference Grammar — Russian" by Dr. Robert Beard.</ref> and other [[Slavic languages]], [[Hungarian grammar|Hungarian]], and many [[Eskimo languages]], such as [[Sirenik language|Sirenik]],<ref name="Men-JazSirEsk">Menovshchikov, G.A.: Language of Sireniki Eskimos. Phonetics, morphology, texts and vocabulary. [[Russian Academy of Sciences|Academy of Sciences of the USSR]], Moscow • Leningrad, 1964. Original data: Г.А. Меновщиков: Язык сиреникских эскимосов. Фонетика, очерк морфологии, тексты и словарь. Академия Наук СССР. Институт языкознания. Москва • Ленинград, 1964</ref> which has a [[Sirenik Eskimo language#Participles|sophisticated participle system]]. Details can be found in the sections below or in the articles on the grammars of specific languages.

Grammatical descriptions vary in the way these are treated. Some descriptive grammars treat such adverbial and adjectival participles as distinct [[lexical category|lexical categories]], while others include them both in a single category of participles.<ref name=ruspar/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kiss |first1=Katalin E. |last2=Kiefer |first2=Ferenc |last3=Siptár |first3=Péter |title=Új magyar nyelvtan |edition=3. kiadás |series=Osiris tankönyvek |year=2003 |publisher=Osiris Kiadó |location=Budapest |language=hu |issn=1218-9855}}</ref> Adverbial participles in certain languages may be called [[converb]]s, [[gerund]]s, or [[gerundive]]s (though this is not consistent with the meanings of the terms ''gerund'' or ''gerundive'' as normally applied to English or Latin), or [[transgressive (linguistics)|transgressive]]s.

===Tense===
Participles are often used to form certain [[grammatical tense]]s or [[grammatical aspect]]s. The two types of participle in Modern English are termed '''present participle''' and '''past participle''', respectively (often also referred to as the ''-ing form'' and ''-ed/-en form'').<ref>Crystal, David. (2008). ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics'' (6th ed.), pp. 351-352. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.</ref> The traditional terms are misleading because the participles do not necessarily correspond to tense:<ref>Huddleston, Rodney. (2002). In Rodney Huddleston & Geoffrey K. Pullum (Eds.), ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language'' (pp. 78-81). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.</ref> the present participle is often associated with the progressive (continuous) aspect, while the past participle is linked with the perfect aspect or passive voice. See the examples below:

* They were just '''standing''' there.<ref>{{cite web |title=Participles – Present, Past and Perfect |work=Lingolia |url=https://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/verbs/participles }}</ref>
* By the time you get home, I will have '''cleaned''' the house.<ref>Hewings, Martin. (2005). Future continuous and future perfect (continuous). In ''Advanced Grammar in Use'' (2nd ed.), p. 22. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.</ref>

The first sentence is in the past tense (''were''), but a present participle expresses the progressive aspect (''be standing''). The second sentence is in the future tense (''will''), but a past participle is used for the perfect aspect (''have cleaned'').

===Voice===
Participles may also be identified with a particular [[grammatical voice|voice]]: [[active voice|active]] or [[passive voice|passive]]. Some languages (such as Latin and Russian) have distinct participles for active and passive uses. In English, the present participle is essentially an active participle, and the past participle has both active and passive uses.

The following examples illustrate those concepts:
* I saw John '''eating''' his dinner. (Here ''eating'' is an active present participle).
* The bus has '''gone'''. (Here ''gone'' is an active past participle).
* The window was '''broken''' with a rock. (Here ''broken'' is a passive past participle)

==Indo-European languages==

===Germanic languages===

====Early English====
In [[Old English]], past participles of [[Germanic strong verb]]s were marked with a {{wikt-lang|ang|ġe-}} prefix, a West Germanic feature still found in most strong and weak past participles in Dutch and German today, and often by a vowel change in the stem. Those of weak verbs were marked by the ending {{lang|ang|-d}}, with or without an [[epenthesis|epenthetic]] vowel before it. Modern English past participles derive from these forms (although the {{lang|ang|ġe-}} prefix, which became {{lang|enm|y-}} in Middle English, has now been lost — except in some rare dialects such as the [[Dorset dialect]], where it takes the form of ''a-'').

Old English present participles were marked with an ending in {{lang|ang|-ende}} (or {{lang|ang|-iende}} for verbs whose infinitives ended in {{lang|ang|-ian}}).

====Middle English====
In [[Middle English]], the form of the present participle varied across regions: {{lang|enm|-ende}} (southwest, southeast, [[English Midlands|Midlands]]), {{lang|enm|-inde}} (southwest, southeast), {{lang|enm|-and}} (north), {{lang|enm|-inge}} (southeast). The last is the one that became standard, falling together with the suffix {{lang|enm|-ing}} used to form [[verbal noun]]s. See [[-ing#Etymology|''-ing'' (etymology)]].

====Modern English====
{{anchor|Modern English}}[[Modern English]] includes two traditional terms for its participles:<ref>Quirk et al., 3.9</ref>
* The ''present participle'', also sometimes called the ''[[active voice|active]]'', ''[[imperfect]]'', or ''[[progressive aspect|progressive]]'' participle, takes the ending ''-ing'', for example ''doing'', ''seeing'', ''working'', ''running'', ''breaking'', ''understanding''. It is identical in form to the [[verbal noun]] and [[gerund]] (see below). The term ''present participle'' is sometimes used to include the gerund;<ref>For example, Quirk et al., 4.12.</ref> the term "gerund–participle" is also used to indicate the verb form.
* The ''past participle'', also sometimes called the ''[[passive voice|passive]]'' or ''[[perfect (grammar)|perfect]]'' participle, is identical to the [[simple past|past tense]] form (ending in ''-ed'') in the case of regular verbs, for example "loaded", "boiled", "mounted", but takes various forms in the case of [[English irregular verbs|irregular verbs]], such as ''done'', ''sung'', ''written'', ''broken'', ''understood'', ''put'', ''gone'', etc.

In addition, various compound participles can be formed, such as ''having done'', ''being done'', ''having been doing'', ''having been done''.<ref>Quirk et al., 3.15.</ref>

Details of participle formation can be found under [[English verbs]] and [[List of English irregular verbs]].

Participles, or participial phrases (clauses) formed from them, are used as follows:

1. As an adjective used in an attributive sense:
* A '''broken''' window (i.e., one that has been broken)
* An '''interesting''' book (i.e., one that interests)
* An '''exciting''' adventure (i.e., one that excites)
* The '''attached''' files (i.e., those that are attached)
* A '''fallen''' tree (i.e., one that has fallen)
* Our '''fallen''' comrades (i.e., those who have fallen)

Additionally, participles that express an adjectivally attributive meaning can be affixed to form adverbs, such as ''interestingly'' and ''excitedly''.

2. In postpositive phrases. These are often regarded as functioning as a [[reduced relative clause]]:
* A window '''broken''' by the wind (A window that was '''broken''' by the wind).
* A woman '''wearing''' a red hat (A woman who was '''wearing''' a red hat).
* The man '''standing''' over there is my uncle (The man who is '''standing''' over there is my uncle).
* We are a people '''clamoring''' for freedom (We are a people who are '''clamoring''' for freedom).

3. In an [[adverbial phrase]]. In the following, the [[Subject (grammar)|subject]] is understood to be the same as that of the main clause:
* '''Reviewing''' her bank statement, Ann started to cry (While she reviewed her bank statement, Ann started to cry).
* '''Having reviewed''' the bank statement, Ann started to cry (After she reviewed her bank statement, Ann started to cry).
* He shot the man, '''killing''' him (He shot the man and killed him).
* '''Maintained''' properly, wooden buildings can last for centuries (If/when they are maintained properly, wooden buildings can last for centuries).

With a different subject, placed before the participle:
* He and I '''having reconciled''' our differences, the project then proceeded smoothly (Because/after he and I had reconciled our differences, the project proceeded smoothly). (This is known as the nominative absolute construction.)

More generally as a part of an adverb: 
* Broadly '''speaking''', the project was successful.

4. Participles are used to form [[periphrastic]] verb tenses:

The present participle forms the [[progressive aspect|progressive]] aspect with the auxiliary verb ''be'':

* Jim was '''sleeping'''.

The past participle forms the [[Perfect (grammar)|perfect]] aspect with the auxiliary verb ''have'':

* The chicken has '''eaten'''.

5. The past participle is used to form [[English passive voice|passive voice]]: 
* The chicken was '''eaten'''.
Such passive participles can appear in an adjectival phrase: 
*The chicken '''eaten''' by the children was contaminated. 
Adverbially: 
*'''Eaten''' in this manner, the chicken presents no problem.
And in a nominative absolute construction, with a subject: 
*The chicken '''eaten''', we returned home.

Note that a past participle that complements a [[stative verb]] (e.g., "The files that ''are attached'' or "Our comrades who ''have fallen''") becomes a passive participle within a [[passive voice]] construct.

6. As a gerund. The [[gerund]] is traditionally regarded as distinct from the present participle. A gerund can function transitively (e.g., "I like ''eating ice cream''") or intransitively (e.g., "I like ''swimming''"). In both instances, a gerund functions nominatively rather than adjectivally or adverbially—whether as an object (e.g., "I like ''sleeping''") or as a subject (e.g., "''Sleeping'' is not allowed"). Although ''gerunds'' and ''present participles'' are morphologically identical, their grammatical functions differ substantially.

Sometimes their morphological similarity can create contextual ambiguity, as [[Noam Chomsky]] pointed out in his well-known example:<ref>Noam Chomsky, ''[[Aspects of the Theory of Syntax]]'' (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press,
1965), 21.</ref>
*'''Flying''' planes can be dangerous.

When the meaning is "The practice of flying a plane is dangerous," ''flying'' functions as a gerund; when the danger concerns "Planes that fly" or "Planes when they are flying" (i.e., in contrast to ''grounded planes''), ''flying'' is being used adjectivally as a participle. For more on the distinctions between these uses of the ''-ing'' verb form, see [[-ing#Uses|''-ing'': uses]].

For more details on uses of participles and other parts of verbs in English, see [[Uses of English verb forms]], including the sections on the [[Uses of English verb forms#Present participle|present participle]] and [[Uses of English verb forms#Past participle|past participle]].

The following table summarises some of the uses of participles in English:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Active participle usage versus passive participle usage
! Example
! Tense name
! Lexical category      
! Voice
|-
| The '''baked''' bread
| {{n/a}}
| past participle ([[prepositive]]); adjectival
| Passive
|-
| Bread '''baked''' daily
| {{n/a}}
| past participle ([[Postpositive adjective|postpositive]]); adjectival
| Passive
|-
| The '''acting''' president
| {{n/a}}
| present participle (prepositive); adjectival
| Active
|-
| The time '''remaining''' 
| {{n/a}}
| present participle (postpositive); adjectival
| Active
|-
| You look '''lost'''
| present simple
| past participle; adjectival
| Passive
|-
| You look '''charming'''
| present simple
| present participle; adjectival
| Active
|-
| You are '''lost'''
| present simple
| past participle; adjectival
| Passive
|-
| You are '''losing'''
| present continuous
| present participle; aspectual
| Active
|-
| He has '''finished'''
| present perfect
| past participle; aspectual
| Active
|-
| He has '''been''' finished
| present perfect
| past participle; aspectual
| Passive
|-
| He has been '''finished'''
| present perfect
| past participle; adjectival
| Passive
|-
| He has been '''finishing'''  
| present perfect continuous
| present participle; aspectual
| Active
|-
| She had '''been''' run
| past perfect 
| past participle; aspectual
| Passive
|-
| She had been '''run''' 
| past perfect 
| past participle; aspectual
| Passive
|-
| She had been '''running'''
| past perfect continuous
| present participle; aspectual
| Active
|-
| She had been running '''ragged'''
| past perfect continuous
| past participle; adverbial
| Passive
|-
| She had been running '''unwillingly'''
| past perfect continuous
| [[suffix]]ed present participle; adverbial
| Passive
|}

==== Scandinavian languages ====
In all of the [[North Germanic languages|Scandinavian languages]] the past participle has to agree with the noun to some degree. All of the Scandinavian languages have mandatory agreement with the noun in number. [[Nynorsk]] and [[Swedish language|Swedish]] have mandatory agreement in both number and gender. [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] and [[Faroese language|Faroese]] have agreement in number, gender and case. The verb form used for the perfect (or "[[supine]]") aspect is generally identical to the nominative neuter singular form of the past participle for all verbs. For the present participle there is no agreement.

Examples in [[Nynorsk]]:
* {{lang|nn|'''Sjølvkøyrande''' bilar kan vere farlege.}} (English: '''self-driving''' cars can be dangerous)
* {{lang|nn|Kyllingen vart '''eten'''}} (English: The chicken was '''eaten''')
* {{lang|nn|Dyret vart '''ete'''}} (English: The deer was '''eaten''')
The participles are marked in bold. The first example involves a present participle and the two latter examples involves a past participle. All present participles end with an -ande suffix.

In Norwegian, the present participle may be used to form adjectives or adverbs denoting the possibility or convenience of performing the action prescribed by the verb. For example:
* {{lang|no|Var maten '''etande'''?}} (English: Was the food '''edible'''?) (or rather: Was the food '''any good'''?)
* {{lang|no|Utan servo vert bilen fort '''ukøyrande'''.}} (English: Without power steering, the car soon becomes '''impossible to drive'''.) (Lit: un-drivable)
This construction is allowed in Nynorsk, but not in [[Bokmål]], where suffixes like {{lang|nb|-elig}} or {{lang|nb|-bar}} are used instead.

===Latin and Romance languages===

====Latin====
{{main article|Latin syntax#Participles|Latin conjugation#Participles|Latin syntax#The gerundive}}

[[Latin]] grammar was studied in Europe for hundreds of years, especially the handbook written by the 4th-century teacher [[Aelius Donatus]], and it is from Latin that the name and concept of the participle derives. According to Donatus there are four participles in Latin, as follows:<ref>Donatus, ''Ars Minor: de participio''.</ref>

* '''present''' participle: present stem + {{lang|la|-ns}} (gen. {{lang|la|-ntis}}); e.g. {{lang|la|legēns}} (plural {{lang|la|legentēs}}) "(while) reading"
* '''perfect''' participle: [[Latin conjugation#Supine|supine]] stem + {{lang|la|-us}}, {{lang|la|-a}}, {{lang|la|-um}}; e.g. {{lang|la|lēctus}} "read (by someone)"
* '''future''' participle: supine stem + {{lang|la|-ūrus}}, {{lang|la|-ūra}}, {{lang|la|-ūrum}}; e.g. {{lang|la|lēctūrus}} "going to read", "due to read"
* '''gerundive''' (sometimes<ref>cf. Wheelock, pp. 106ff and 112 note; Allen & Greenough, p. 315.</ref> considered the future passive participle): e.g. {{lang|la|legendus}} "due to be read", "necessary to be read"

However, many modern Latin grammars treat the gerundive as a separate part of speech.<ref>e.g. Kennedy, Gildersleeve & Lodge, etc.</ref>

The perfect participle is usually [[passive voice|passive]] in meaning, and thus mainly formed from [[transitive verb|transitive]] verbs, for example {{lang|la|frāctus}} "broken", ''missus'' "sent (by someone)". However, certain verbs (called [[deponent verb]]s) have a perfect participle in an [[active verb|active]] sense, e.g. {{lang|la|profectus}} "having set out", {{lang|la|hortātus}} "having encouraged", etc. The present and future participles are always active, the gerundive usually passive.

Because a participle is an adjective as well as a verb, just like any other Latin adjective its ending changes according to the noun it describes. So when the noun is masculine, the participle must be masculine; when the noun is in the [[accusative case|accusative]] (object) case, the participle is also in the accusative case; when the noun has plural endings, the participle also has plural endings. Thus a simple participle such as {{lang|la|frāctus}} "broken" can change to {{lang|la|frācta}}, {{lang|la|frāctum}}, {{lang|la|frāctī}}, {{lang|la|frāctō}} and so on, according to its gender, number, and case.

A participle can have a descriptive meaning like an adjective, or a more dynamic meaning like a verb. Thus in the following sentence the participle {{lang|la|strīctō}} "drawn" is better taken as describing an action ("he drew his sword" or "after drawing his sword") rather than as describing the sword ("with a drawn sword"):

* {{lang|la|'''Strīctō''' gladiō ad '''dormientem''' Lucrētiam vēnit.}}<ref>Livy, 1.58.2</ref><br />"With '''drawn''' sword he came to the '''sleeping''' Lucretia."

The dynamic, verbal meaning is more common, and Latin often uses a participle where English might use a simple verb.

The present participle often describes the circumstances attending the main verb. A typical example is:
* {{lang|la|Balbus ad mē vēnit '''currēns'''}}.<ref>Cicero, ''ad Atticum'' 9.2a.3.</ref><br />"Balbus came to me '''running'''."

Both the future and the perfect participle (but not the present participle) can be used with various tenses of the verb ''esse'' "to be" to make a compound tense such as the future-in-the-past or the perfect passive:
* {{lang|la|Eō diē Rōmam '''ventūrus erat'''.}}<ref>Cicero, ''pro Milone'' 28.</ref><br />"On that day '''he was going to return''' to Rome."
* {{lang|la|'''Occīsus est''' ā Thēbānīs.}}<ref>Nepos, ''Lysander'' 3.4.</ref><br />"'''He was killed''' by the Thebans."

The perfect and future participles can also be used, with or without the verb {{lang|la|esse}} "to be", in indirect speech clauses:
* {{lang|la|(Dīxit eōs) locum facile '''inventūrōs''' (esse).}}<ref>Nepos, ''Hannibal'' 12.3.</ref><br />"He said that they were easily '''going to find''' the place / He said that they '''would find''' the place easily."

For uses of the gerundive, see [[Latin syntax#The gerundive|Latin syntax § The gerundive]].

====French====
There are two basic participles:
* '''Present active participle''': formed by dropping the {{lang|fr|-ons}} of the {{lang|fr|nous}} form of the present tense of a verb (except with {{lang|fr|être}} and {{lang|fr|avoir}}) and then adding {{lang|fr|ant}}: {{lang|fr|marchant}} "walking", {{lang|fr|étant}} "being", {{lang|fr|ayant}} "having".
* '''Past participle''': formation varies according to verb group: {{lang|fr|vendu}} "sold", {{lang|fr|mis}} "placed", {{lang|fr|marché}} "walked", {{lang|fr|été}} "been", and {{lang|fr|fait}} "done". The sense of the past participle is passive as an adjective and in most verbal constructions with {{lang|fr|être}}, but active in verbal constructions with {{lang|fr|avoir}}, in reflexive constructions, and with some intransitive verbs.<ref>Maurice Grevisse, ''[[Le Bon Usage]]'', 10th edition, § 776.</ref>

Compound participles are possible:
* '''Present perfect participle''': {{lang|fr|ayant appelé}} "having called", {{lang|fr|étant mort}} "being dead"
* '''Passive perfect participle''': {{lang|fr|étant vendu}} "being sold, having been sold"

Usage:
* '''Present participles''' are used as qualifiers as in {{lang|fr|un insecte '''volant'''}} ('a flying insect') and in some other contexts. They are never used to form tenses.
* '''Past participles''' are used as qualifiers for nouns: {{lang|fr|la table '''cassée'''}} ('the broken table'); to form compound tenses such as the perfect {{lang|fr|Vous avez '''dit'''}} ('you have said') and to form the passive voice: {{lang|fr|il a été '''tué'''}} ('he/it has been killed').

====Spanish====
In Spanish, the so-called present or active participle ({{lang|es|participio activo}} or {{lang|es|participio de presente}}) of a verb is traditionally formed with one of the suffixes {{lang|es|-ante}}, {{lang|es|-ente}} or {{lang|es|-iente}}, but modern grammar does not consider it a true participle, as such forms usually have the meaning of simple adjectives or nouns: e.g. {{lang|es|amante}} "loving" or "lover", {{lang|es|viviente}} "living" or "live".

The past participle ({{lang|es|participio pasado}} or {{lang|es|participio pasivo}}) is regularly formed with one of the suffixes {{lang|es|-ado}} or {{lang|es|-ido}} ({{lang|es|-ado}} for verbs ending in {{lang|es|-ar}} and {{lang|es|-ido}} for verbs ending in {{lang|es|-er}} or {{lang|es|-ir}}; but some verbs have an irregular form ending in {{lang|es|-to}} (e.g. {{lang|es|escrito}}, {{lang|es|visto}}, {{lang|es|puesto}}), or {{lang|es|-cho}} (e.g. {{lang|es|dicho}}, {{lang|es|hecho}}).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spanish Perfect Tenses |url=https://www.enforex.com/language/spanish-perfect-tenses.html |website=Enforex }}</ref> The past participle is used generally as an adjective referring to a finished action, in which case its ending changes according to gender and number. At other times is used to form compound tenses: the present perfect, past perfect (sometimes referred to as the {{lang|es|pluscuamperfecto}}), and the future perfect, in which case it is indeclinable. Some examples:

As an adjective (note how {{lang|es|escritas}} agrees in gender with the noun, {{lang|es|las cartas}}):
* {{lang|es|las cartas escritas}} "the written letters"

To form compound tenses:
* {{lang|es|Ha escrito una carta.}} "She (he, it) has written a letter."
* {{lang|es|Había escrito una carta.}} "She (he, it) had written a letter."
* {{lang|es|Habrá escrito una carta.}} "She (he, it) will have written a letter."

===Hellenic languages===

====Ancient Greek====
{{Main article|Participle (Ancient Greek)}}
The [[Ancient Greek]] participle shares in the properties of adjectives and verbs. Like an adjective, it changes form for [[grammatical gender|gender]], [[grammatical case|case]], and [[grammatical number|number]]. Like a verb, it has [[grammatical tense|tense]] and [[voice (grammar)|voice]], is modified by [[adverb]]s, and can take [[verb argument]]s, including an [[object (grammar)|object]].<ref>{{Smyth|2039}}</ref> Participles are quite numerous in Ancient Greek: a non-defective verb has as many as ten participles.

There is a form of the participle for every combination of aspect (present, aorist, perfect, future) and voice (active, middle, passive). All participles are based on their finite forms. Here are the masculine nominative singular forms for a thematic and an athematic verb:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! {{lang|grc|λῡ́ω}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|lū́ō}}<br />"I release" !! active !! middle !! passive
|-
! present
| {{lang|grc|λῡ́ων}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|lū́ōn}} || colspan="2" | {{lang|grc|λῡόμενος}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|lūómenos}}
|-
! aorist
|{{lang|grc|λῡ́σᾱς}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|lū́sās}} || {{lang|grc|λῡσάμενος}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|lūsámenos}} || {{lang|grc|λυθείς}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|lutheís}}
|-
! future
| {{lang|grc|λῡ́σων}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|lū́sōn}} || {{lang|grc|λῡσόμενος}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|lūsómenos}} || {{lang|grc|λυθησόμενος}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|luthēsómenos}}
|-
! perfect
| {{lang|grc|λελυκώς}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|lelukṓs}}|| colspan="2" | {{lang|grc|λελυμένος}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|leluménos}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! {{lang|grc|τίθημι}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|títhēmi}}<br />"I put" !! active !! middle !! passive
|-
! present
| {{lang|grc|τιθείς}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|titheís}} || colspan="2" | {{lang|grc|τιθέμενος}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|tithémenos}}
|-
! aorist
|{{lang|grc|θείς}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|theís}} || {{lang|grc|θέμενος}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|thémenos}} || {{lang|grc|τεθείς}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|tetheís}}
|-
! future
| {{lang|grc|θήσων}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|thḗsōn}} || {{lang|grc|θησόμενος}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|thēsómenos}} || {{lang|grc|τεθησόμενος}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|tethēsómenos}}
|-
! perfect
| {{lang|grc|τεθηκώς}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|tethēkṓs}} || colspan="2" | {{lang|grc|τεθειμένος}}<br />{{lang|grc-Latn|tetheiménos}}
|}

Like an adjective, it can modify a noun, and can be used to embed one thought into another.

{{interlinear|lang=grc|indent=3
|πολλὰ καὶ φύσει καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ δεῖ '''τὸν''' '''εὖ''' '''στρατηγήσοντα''' ἔχειν
|pollà kaì phúsei kaì epistḗmēi deî '''tòn''' '''eû''' '''stratēgḗsonta''' ékhein
|"he '''who intends to be a good general''' must have a great deal of ability and knowledge"}}

In the example, the participial phrase {{lang|grc|τὸν εὖ στρατηγήσοντα}} {{lang|grc-Latn|tòn eû stratēgḗsonta}}, literally "the one going to be a good general", is used to embed the idea {{lang|grc|εὖ στρατηγήσει}} {{lang|grc-Latn|eû stratēgḗsei}} "he will be a good general" within the main verb.

The participle is very widely used in Ancient Greek, especially in prose.

=== Indo-Aryan languages ===

==== Hindi and Urdu ====
There are two types of participles in [[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]] (called together [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]), aspectual participles which mark the aspect and non-aspectual participles which do not mark verbal aspect. The table below mentions the different participles present in [[Hindustani grammar|Hindustani]], ''ɸ'' denotes the verb root. The aspectual participles can take a few other copulas after them besides the verb {{lang|hi-Latn|honā}} "to be". Those copular verbs are {{lang|hi-Latn|rêhna}} "to stay", {{lang|hi-Latn|ānā}} "to come", {{lang|hi-Latn|jānā}} "to go".<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Shapiro |first=Michael C. |title=A Primer of Modern Standard Hindi |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |year=1989 |isbn=81-208-0475-9 |location=New Delhi |pages=216–246 }}</ref>''
{|
|
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="7" |'''''Aspectual participles<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tokaj |first=Jolanta |date=2016-06-01 |title=A comparative study of participles, converbs and absolute constructions in Hindi and Medieval Rajasthani |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317806929 |journal=Lingua Posnaniensis |volume=58 |pages=105–120 |doi=10.1515/linpo-2016-0007 |doi-access=free |hdl=10593/17971 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Subbarao |first1=K. |last2=Arora |first2=Harbir |date=2009-01-01 |title=The Conjunctive Participle in Dakkhini Hindi–Urdu: Making the Best of Both Worlds* |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284936098 |volume=70 |pages=359–386 }}</ref>'''''
|-
! colspan="4" | Participles
! colspan="2" | Example
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnā}} / {{lang|hi|बैठना}} / {{lang|ur|بیٹھنا}} / to sit
! rowspan="2" | Translation
|-
! colspan="2" |''Declinable''
! Singular
! Plural
! Singular
! Plural
|-
! rowspan="2" |'''[[Habitual aspect|Habitual]]'''
| ♂
| ɸ-tā
| ɸ-tē
| {{lang|hi|बैठता}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھتا}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhtā}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठते}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھتے}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baithtē}}
| rowspan="2" |sits, used to sit
|-
| ♀
| ɸ-tī
| ɸ-tīm̥
| {{lang|hi|बैठती}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھتی}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhtī}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठतीं}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھتیں}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhtīm̥}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |'''[[Perfective aspect|Perfective]]'''
| ♂
| ɸ-(y)ā
| ɸ-(y)ē
| {{lang|hi|बैठा}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھا}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhā}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठे}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھے}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhē}}
| rowspan="2" |sat
|-
| ♀
| ɸ-(y)ī
| ɸ-(y)īm̥
| बैठी بیٹھی
baiṭhī
| बैठीं بیٹھیں
baiṭhīm̥
|-
! rowspan="2" |'''[[Progressive aspect|Progressive<sup>''1''</sup>]]'''
| ♂
| ɸ + rahā
| ɸ + rahē
| {{lang|hi|बैठ रहा}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھ رہا}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭh rahā}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठ रहे}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھ رہے}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭh rahē}}
| rowspan="2" |(in the process of) sitting
|-
| ♀
| ɸ + rahī
| ɸ + rahīm̥
| {{lang|hi|बैठ रही}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھ رہی}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭh rahī}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठ रहीं}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھ رہیں}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭh rahīm̥}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |'''[[Perfective aspect|Perfective]]'''
'''Adjectival<sup>''2''</sup>'''
| ♂
| ɸ-(y)ā huā
| ɸ-(y)ē huē
| {{lang|hi|बैठा हुआ}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھاہوا}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhā huā}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठे हुए}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھےہوئے}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhē huē}}
| rowspan="2" |sitting
|-
| ♀
| ɸ-(y)ī huī
| ɸ-(y)ī huīm̥
| {{lang|hi|बैठी हुई}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھیہی}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhī huī}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठी हुईं}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھی ہوئیں}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhī huīm̥}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |'''[[Imperfective aspect|Imperfective]]'''
'''Adjectival<sup>''2''</sup>'''
| ♂
| ɸ-tā huā
| ɸ-tē huē
|{{lang|hi|बैठता हुआ}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھتا ہوا}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhtā huā}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठते हुए}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھتے ہوئے}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhtē huē}}
| rowspan="2" |(in the process of) sitting
|-
| ♀
| ɸ-tī huī
| ɸ-tī huīm̥
| {{lang|hi|बैठती हुई}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھتی ہی}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhtī huī}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठती हुईं}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھتی ہوئیں}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhtī huīm̥}}
|-
! colspan="2" |''Indeclinable''
| colspan="5" |
|-
! colspan="2" |Imperfective
'''Progressive'''
| colspan="2" | ɸ-tē-ɸ-tē
| colspan="2" | {{lang|hi|बैठते-बैठते}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھتے - بیٹھتے}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhtē-baiṭhtē}}
| while (in the process of) sitting
|-
! colspan="2" |Perfective
Progressive
| colspan="2" | ɸ-ē-ɸ-ē
| colspan="2" | {{lang|hi|बैठे-बैठे}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھے- بیٹھے}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhē-baiṭhē}}
|while (already) sitting
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="7" |'''''Non-aspectual Participles'''''<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Citation|last=Montaut|first=Annie|title=On the nature of the Hindi infinitive: History as an answer to its syntactic behavior?|date=2018-09-10|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327599073|work=Trends in Hindi Linguistics|pages=115–146|isbn=978-3-11-061079-6|access-date=2020-07-03}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Campbell|first=George L.|title=Compendium of the World's Languages|publisher=Routledge|year=1995|isbn=0-415-11392-X|location=Great Britain|pages=225–229}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Shapiro|first=Michael C.|title=A Primer of Modern Standard Hindi|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd|year=2003|isbn=81-208-0508-9|location=New Delhi|pages=116}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="4" | Participles
! colspan="2" | Example
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnā}} / {{lang|hi|बैठना}} / {{lang|ur|بیٹھنا}} / to sit
! rowspan="2" | Translation
|-
! colspan="2" | ''Declinable''
! Singular
! Plural
! Singular
! Plural
|-
! rowspan="2" | '''[[Infinitive]]'''
| ♂
| ɸ-nā
| ɸ-nē
| {{lang|hi|बैठना}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھنا}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnā}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठने}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھنے}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnē}}
| rowspan="2" |to sit
|-
| ♀
| ɸ-nī
| ɸ-nīm̥
| {{lang|hi|बैठनी}} {{lang|ur|بیتھنی}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnī}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठनीं}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھنیں}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnīm̥}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |'''[[Prospective aspect|Prospective]]'''
&
'''[[Agent (grammar)|Agentive]]'''
| ♂
| ɸ-nēvālā
| ɸ-nēvālē
| {{Lang|hi|बैठनेवाला}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھنولا}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnēvālā}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठनेवाले}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھنوالے}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnēvālē}}
| rowspan="2" |(prospective) going to sit

(agentive) a person who sits [sit-er]
|-
| ♀
| ɸ-nēvālī
| ɸ-nēvālīm̥
| {{lang|hi|बैठनेवाली}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھنوالی}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnēvālī}}
| {{lang|hi|बैठनेवालीं}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھنوالیں}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnēvālīm̥}}
|-
! colspan="2" |''Indeclinable''
| colspan="5" |
|-
! colspan="2" | '''Oblique'''
'''Infinitive'''
| colspan="2" | ɸ-nē
| colspan="2" | {{lang|hi|बैठने}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھنے}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhnē}}
| to sit, sitting
|-
! colspan="2" | '''Conjunctive'''
| colspan="2" | ɸ-kē, ɸ-kar
| colspan="2" | {{lang|hi|बैठके, बैठकर}} {{lang|ur|بیٹھکے ، بیٹھکر}}
{{lang|hi-Latn|baiṭhkē, baiṭhkar}}
| having done sitting, by sitting
|}
|-
| colspan="2" |'''<sup>''1''</sup>''' ''<small>The periphrastic adjectival marker {{lang|hi-Latn|huā}}, {{lang|hi-Latn|huē}}, {{lang|hi-Latn|huī}}, and {{lang|hi-Latn|huīm̥}} are shortened to {{lang|hi-Latn|wā}}, {{lang|hi-Latn|wē}}, {{lang|hi-Latn|wī}}, and {{lang|hi-Latn|wīm̥}} respectively in colloquial speech.</small>''
|-
| colspan="2" |'''<sup>''2''</sup>''' ''<small>The progressive aspect marking participles {{lang|hi-Latn|rahā}}, {{lang|hi-Latn|rahē}}, {{lang|hi-Latn|rahī}}, and {{lang|hi-Latn|rahīm̥}} are shortened to {{lang|hi-Latn|rā}}, {{lang|hi-Latn|rē}}, {{lang|hi-Latn|rī}}, and {{lang|hi-Latn|rīm̥}} respectively in colloquial speech.</small>''
|}

==== Sanskrit ====

Much like [[#Ancient Greek|Ancient Greek]], [[Sanskrit]] has a [[Sanskrit verbs#Participles|wide array of participles]].

===Celtic languages===

====Cornish====
In [[Cornish language|Cornish]], an equivalent present participle construction to English is formed by using {{lang|kw|ow}} ({{lang|kw|owth}} before vowels) with a verbal noun, e.g. {{lang|kw|Yma an den ow hwerthin}} ("The man is laughing"), and {{lang|kw|den ow hwerthin}} ("a laughing man"). Like [[Breton language|Breton]] but unlike [[Welsh language|Welsh]], Cornish also has verbal adjectives which are used similarly to English past participles, e.g. {{lang|kw|dehen molys}} ("clotted cream"), from the verbal noun {{lang|kw|mola}} "to clot".

====Welsh====
In [[Welsh language|Welsh]], the effect of a participle in the active voice is constructed by {{lang|cy|yn}} followed by the verb-noun (for the present participle) and {{lang|cy|wedi}} followed by the verb-noun (for the past participle). There is no [[consonant mutation|mutation]] in either case. In the passive voice, participles are usually replaced by a compound phrase such as {{lang|cy|wedi cael ei/eu}} ("having got his/her/their ...ing") in [[colloquial Welsh morphology|modern Welsh]] and by the impersonal form in [[literary Welsh morphology|literary Welsh]].

===Slavic languages===

====Polish====
The [[Polish language|Polish]] word for participle is {{lang|pl|imiesłów}} ([[plural|pl.]]: {{lang|pl|imiesłowy}}). There are four types of {{lang|pl|imiesłowy}} in two classes:

Adjectival participle ({{lang|pl|imiesłów przymiotnikowy}}):
* active adjectival participle ({{lang|pl|imiesłów przymiotnikowy czynny}}): {{lang|pl|robiący}} – "doing", "one who does"
* passive adjectival participle ({{lang|pl|imiesłów przymiotnikowy bierny}}): {{lang|pl|robiony}} – "being done" (can only be formed off [[transitive verb]]s)

Adverbial participle ({{lang|pl|imiesłów przysłówkowy}}):
* present adverbial participle ({{lang|pl|imiesłów przysłówkowy współczesny}}): {{lang|pl|robiąc}} – "doing", "while doing"
* perfect adverbial participle ({{lang|pl|imiesłów przysłówkowy uprzedni}}): {{lang|pl|zrobiwszy}} – "having done" (formed in virtually all cases off verbs in their [[perfective aspect|perfective forms]], here denoted by the [[prefix]] {{lang|pl|z-}})

Due to the distinction between adjectival and adverbial participles, in Polish it is practically impossible to make a [[dangling modifier|dangling participle]] in the classical English meaning of the term. For instance, in the sentence:

* I found them hiding in the closet.

it is unclear whether "I" or "they" were hiding in the closet. In Polish there is a clear distinction:

* {{lang|pl|Znalazłem ich, chowając się w szafie.}} – {{lang|pl|chowając}} is a present adverbial participle agreeing grammatically with the subject ("I")
* {{lang|pl|Znalazłem ich chowających się w szafie.}} – {{lang|pl|chowających}} is an active adjectival participle agreeing grammatically with the object ("them")

====Russian====
Verb: {{lang|ru|слышать}} [ˈsɫɨ.ʂɐtʲ] (to hear, [[imperfective aspect]])

* Present active: {{lang|ru|слышащий}} [ˈsɫɨ.ʂɐ.ɕːɪj] "hearing", "who hears" 
* Present passive: {{lang|ru|слышимый}} [ˈsɫɨ.ʂɨ̞.mɨ̞j] "being heard", "that is heard", "audible" 
* Past active: {{lang|ru|слышавший}} [ˈsɫɨ.ʂɐf.ʂɨ̞j] "who heard", "who was hearing" 
* Past passive: {{lang|ru|слышанный}} [ˈsɫɨ.ʂɐn.nɨ̞j] "that was heard", "that was being heard" 
* [[adverbial participle|Adverbial]] present active: {{lang|ru|слыша}} [ˈsɫɨ.ʂɐ] "(while) hearing" 
* Adverbial past active: {{lang|ru|слышав}} [ˈsɫɨ.ʂɐf] "(while) hearing" (used mostly in the negative in the modern language, e.g. {{lang|ru|не слышав}} "without ever hearing")

Verb: {{lang|ru|услышать}} [ʊˈsɫɨ.ʂɐtʲ] (to hear, [[perfective aspect]])

* Past active: {{lang|ru|услышавший}} [ʊˈsɫɨ.ʂɐf.ʂɨ̞j] "who has heard"
* Past passive: {{lang|ru|услышанный}} [ʊˈsɫɨ.ʂɐn.nɨ̞j] "that has been heard", "who has been heard"
* Adverbial past active: {{lang|ru|услышав}} [ʊˈsɫɨ.ʂɐf] "having heard", "after hearing"

Future participles formed from perfective verbs are not considered a part of standard language.<ref>[https://helsinki.academia.edu/KseniaShagal/Papers/1572263/Future_participles_in_Russian_Expanding_the_participial_paradigm Shagal (Krapivina), Future participles in Russian: Expanding the participial paradigm]</ref>

====Bulgarian====
Participles are adjectives formed from verbs. There are various kinds:

Verb: {{lang|bg|правя}} [pravja] (to do, imperfective aspect):
* Present active: {{lang|bg|правещ}} [pravešt]
* Past active aorist: {{lang|bg|правил}} [pravil]
* Past active imperfect: {{lang|bg|правел}} [pravel] (only used in [[verb]]al constructions)
* Past passive: {{lang|bg|правен}} [praven]
* Adverbial present active: {{lang|bg|правейки}} [pravejki]

Verb: {{lang|bg|направя}} [napravja] (to do, perfective aspect):
* Past active aorist: {{lang|bg|направил}} [napravil]
* Past active imperfect: {{lang|bg|направел}} [napravel] (only used in [[verb]]al constructions)
* Past passive: {{lang|bg|направен}} [napraven]

====Macedonian====
Macedonian has completely lost or transformed the participles of Common Slavic, unlike the other Slavic languages. The following points may be noted:<ref>[http://www.seelrc.org:8080/grammar/mainframe.jsp?nLanguageID=3 Macedonian Grammar], [[Victor Friedman]]</ref>
* present active participle: this has transformed into a verbal adverb;
* present passive participle: there are some isolated cases or remnants of the present passive participle, such as the word {{lang|mk|лаком}} [lakom] (greedy);
* past active participle: there is only one remnant of the past active participle, which is the word {{lang|mk|бивш}} [bivš] (former). However, this word is often replaced with the word {{lang|mk|поранешен}} [poranešen] (former);
* past passive participle: this has been transformed into a verbal adjective (it behaves like a normal adjective);
* resultative participle: this has transformed into a verbal l-form ({{lang|mk|глаголска}} л-форма). It is not a participle since it does not function attributively.

===Baltic languages===

====Lithuanian====
Among Indo-European languages, the [[Lithuanian language]] is unique for having 14 different participial forms of the verb, which can be grouped into five when accounting for inflection by tense. Some of these are also inflected by gender and case. For example, the verb {{lang|lt|eiti}} ("to go, to walk") has the active participle forms {{lang|lt|einąs/einantis}} ("going, walking", present tense), {{lang|lt|ėjęs}} (past tense), {{lang|lt|eisiąs}} (future tense), {{lang|lt|eidavęs}} (past frequentative tense), the passive participle forms {{lang|lt|einamas}} ("being walked", present tense), {{lang|lt|eitas}} ("walked" past tense), {{lang|lt|eisimas}} (future tense), the adverbial participles {{lang|lt|einant}} ("while [he, different subject] is walking" present tense), {{lang|lt|ėjus}} (past tense), {{lang|lt|eisiant}} (future tense), {{lang|lt|eidavus}} (past frequentative tense), the semi-participle {{lang|lt|eidamas}} ("while [he, the same subject] is going, walking") and the participle of necessity {{lang|lt|eitinas}} ("what needs to be walked"). The active and passive participles and the semi-participles are inflected by gender, and the active, passive and necessity participles are inflected by case.

==Semitic languages==

===Arabic===
{{Main article|Arabic verbs#Participle|l1=Arabic verbs: Participle}}
The [[Arabic grammar#Verbs|Arabic verb]] has two participles: an active participle ({{lang|ar-Latn|ʾism al-fāʿil}} {{lang|ar|اسم الفاعل}}) and a passive participle ({{lang|ar-Latn|ʾism al-mafʿūl}} {{lang|ar|اسم المفعول}}), and the form of the participle is predictable by inspection of the dictionary form of the verb. These participles are inflected for gender, number and case, but not person. Arabic participles are employed syntactically in a variety of ways: as nouns, as adjectives or even as verbs. Their uses vary across [[varieties of Arabic]]. In general the active participle describes a property of the syntactic subject of the verb from which it derives, whilst the passive participles describes the object. For example, from the verb {{lang|ar|كتب}} {{lang|ar-Latn|kataba}}, the active participle is {{lang|ar-Latn|kātib}} {{lang|ar|كاتب}} and the passive participle is {{lang|ar-Latn|maktūb}} {{lang|ar|مكتوب}}. Roughly these translate to "writing" and "written" respectively. However, they have different, derived lexical uses. {{lang|ar|كاتب}} {{lang|ar-Latn|kātib}} is further lexicalized as "writer", "author" and {{lang|ar|مكتوب}} {{lang|ar-Latn|maktūb}} as "letter".

In [[Classical Arabic]], the participles do not participate in verbal constructions with auxiliaries the same way as their English counterparts and rarely take on a verbal meaning in a sentence (a notable exception being participles derived from [[verb framing|motion verbs]] as well as participles in [[Qur'anic Arabic]]). In certain [[dialects of Arabic]], however, it is much more common for the participles, especially the active participle, to have verbal force in the sentence. For example, in dialects of the [[Levant]], the active participle is a structure that describes the state of the syntactic subject after the action of the verb from which it derives has taken place. {{lang|ar-Latn|ʼĀkil}}, the active participle of {{lang|ar-Latn|ʼakala}} ("to eat"), describes one's state after having eaten something. Therefore, it can be used in analogous way to the English [[present perfect]] (for example, {{lang|ar-Latn|ʼAnā ʼākil}} {{lang|ar|انا آكل}} meaning "I have eaten", "I have just eaten" or "I have already eaten"). Other verbs, such as {{lang|ar-Latn|rāḥa}} {{lang|ar|راح}} ("to go") give a participle ({{lang|ar-Latn|rāyiḥ}} {{lang|ar|رايح}}), which has a progressive ("is going…") meaning. The exact tense or continuity of the participles is, therefore, determined by the nature of the specific verb (especially its [[lexical aspect]] and its [[Transitivity (grammar)|transitivity]]) and the syntactic/semantic context of the utterance. What ties them all together is that they describe the subject of the verb from which they derive. The passive participles in certain dialects can be used as a sort of [[passive voice]], but more often than not, they are used in their various lexicalized senses as adjectives or nouns.

===Hebrew===
Like Arabic, Hebrew has two types of participles ({{lang|he|בינוני}} {{lang|he-Latn|bênônî}}): an active participle ({{lang|he|בינוני פועל}} {{lang|he-Latn|bênônî pô'ēl}}) and a passive participle ({{lang|he|בינוני פעול}} {{lang|he-Latn|bênônî pā'ûl}}). These participles are inflected for gender and number. The active participle takes a variety of syntactic roles, such as a verb in present tense, a noun, and an adjective.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Hebrew has a syntactic construction of the verb "to be" ({{lang|he|הָיָה}}, {{lang|he-Latn|hayá}}) in the past tense, and the active participle that cognates to the [[past progressive]] tense in English. For example, the word {{lang|he|עבדתי}} {{lang|he-Latn|avádti}} means "I worked", and {{lang|he|הייתי עובד}} {{lang|he-Latn|hayíti ovéd}} means "I was working". Another use of this syntactic structure is equivalent to "used to" in English. For example, {{lang|he|דויד בילדותו היה גר בארצות הברית}} {{lang|he-Latn|davíd b'yaldutó hayá gar b'arcót habrít}} (David in his childhood used to live in the United States).{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

==Finno-Ugric languages==

===Finnish===
[[Finnish language|Finnish]] uses six participles ({{lang|fi|partisiippi}}) to convey different meanings. Below is a table displaying the declension of the participles of the verb {{lang|fi|tappaa}} (to kill).

{| border="1" class="wikitable"
|+ Finnish Participles
!
! Active
! Passive
|-
! Present
| {{lang|fi|tappava}} || {{lang|fi|tapettava}}
|-
! Past
| {{lang|fi|tappanut}}
| {{lang|fi|tapettu}}
|}
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
|-
! Agent
| {{lang|fi|tappama-}}
|-
! Negative
| {{lang|fi|tappamaton}}
|}

The participles work in the following way:

{| class="wikitable"
| {{lang|fi|tappava}}
| '''Present active participle:''' Conveys an ongoing action. Used to omit the use of the relative pronoun ''who'', ''which'' or ''that''. {{lang|fi|Tappava}} means "killing" as in "killing machine". In other words, machine ''that'' kills. It can also work as the subject of the sentence. In other words, {{lang|fi|tappava}} can mean "the one who kills" or "he who kills". {{lang|fi|Tappava on...}} = He who kills is...
|-
| {{lang|fi|tapettava}}
| '''Present passive participle:''' Conveys possibility and obligation. Possibility as in -able (killable) and obligation as in ''something that has to be killed''. {{lang|fi|Tapettava mies}} can mean both "the killable man" (possibility) and "the man who has to be killed" (obligation).
|-
| {{lang|fi|tappanut}}
| '''Past active participle:''' Used with the verb {{lang|fi|olla}} (to be) to construct the perfect and the past perfect tenses. In English the verb "to have" is used to form the perfect and past perfect tense (I '''have'''/'''had''' killed), in Finnish the verb "to be" is used instead ({{lang|fi|minä '''olen'''}}/{{lang|fi|'''olin''' tappanut}}). Just like the present active participle, it can also be used as the subject in a sentence, except it conveys the meaning in the past tense. In other words, {{lang|fi|tappanut}} can mean "the one who killed" or "he who killed". {{lang|fi|Tappanut on...}} = He who killed is...
|-
| {{lang|fi|tapettu}}
| '''Past passive participle:''' A concluded action. {{lang|fi|Tapettu mies}} = the killed man.
|-
| {{lang|fi|tappama-}}
| '''Agent participle:''' Always used with a possessive suffix. It is used to convey the meaning of the word "by" in English, since there is no word for "by" in Finnish. {{lang|fi|Hänen tappa'''mansa''' mies}} = The man killed '''by him'''. The tense of the translation depends on the context.
|-
| {{lang|fi|tappamaton}}
| '''Negative participle:''' Used to convey impossibility (unkillable) and undoneness (not killed). {{lang|fi|Tappamaton mies}} means both "unkillable man" and "man (who is) not killed".
|}

Each of the participles can be used as adjectives and so some of them can be turned into nouns.

{| border="1" class="wikitable"
|-
! Finnish (adjective)
| {{lang|fi|tappava}} || {{lang|fi|tapettava}} || {{lang|fi|tappamaton}}
|-
! English (adjective)
| killing || killable || unkillable (possibility) or ''not killed'' (undoneness)
|-
! Finnish (noun)
| {{lang|fi|tappavuus}} || {{lang|fi|tapettavuus}} || {{lang|fi|tappamattomuus}}
|-
! English (noun)
| killingness || killability || unkillability (possibility) or ''lack of killing'' (undoneness)
|}

===Hungarian===
[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] uses adjectival and adverbial participles.

Adjectival participles ({{lang|hu|melléknévi igenév}}) can be one of these three types:
* Present (active): {{lang|hu|olvas}} (read) – {{lang|hu|olvasó}} (reading), {{lang|hu|él}} (live) – {{lang|hu|élő}} (living)
* Past (usually passive): {{lang|hu|zár}} (close) – {{lang|hu|zárt}} (closed)
* Future (has a modal meaning): {{lang|hu|olvas}} (read) – {{lang|hu|olvasandó}} (to be read), {{lang|hu|fizet}} (pay) – {{lang|hu|fizetendő}} (to be paid)

Adverbial participles ({{lang|hu|határozói igenév}}) can be:
* Imperfect: {{lang|hu|siet}} (hurry) – {{lang|hu|sietve}} (hurrying, i.e. in a hurrying manner)
* Perfect: {{lang|hu|bemegy}} (go in) – {{lang|hu|bemenvén}} (having gone in) (this form is rarely used in modern Hungarian)

In Hungarian grammar, the infinitive is also considered a kind of participle, the noun participle ({{lang|hu|főnévi igenév}}).

==Turkic languages==

===Turkish===
Participles are called {{lang|tr|sıfat-fiil}} ({{lit|adjective-verb}}) or {{lang|tr|ortaç}} in Turkish.<ref>Ergin 309</ref>

Turkish participles consist of a verb stem and a suffix. Some participles may be conjugated, but some may not. Participles always precede the noun they are defining, unlike in English.

Participle suffixes, like many other suffixes in Turkish, change according to the [[vowel harmony]] and [[sandhi]].

There are eight types of participle suffixes; {{lang|tr|-en}}, {{lang|tr|-esi}}, {{lang|tr|-mez}}, {{lang|tr|-ar}}, {{lang|tr|-di(k/ği)}}, {{lang|tr|-ecek}} and {{lang|tr|-miş}}<ref>Ergin 310</ref><ref name="yıldız">[http://www.sosbil.aku.edu.tr/dergi/II2/11-Gurer-gulsevin.pdf  Dâsitân-ı Sultân Mahmûd Mesnevisi'nde Fiiller, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi] {{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Osman Yıldız, May 2007 (PDF)</ref> 

An easy way to remember those is a mnemonic taught in Turkish schools: {{lang|tr|Anası mezar dikecekmiş}}, which has every type of the suffixes, and is still a coherent sentence, translated as "his/her mother is allegedly going to plant (i.e. erect) a grave(stone)".

==Eskimo–Aleut languages==

===Sirenik===
[[Sirenik language]], an extinct [[Eskimo–Aleut language]], had separate sets of ''adverbial participles'' and ''adjectival participles''. Unlike in English, adverbial participles were conjugated to reflect the person and number of their implicit subjects; hence, an adverbial participle could replace a clause in the English sentence "If ''I'' were a marksman, ''I'' would kill walruses" since the subject was implied by the conjugation.

==Constructed languages==

===Esperanto===
{{Main article|Esperanto grammar#Participles|l1=Esperanto grammar: Participles}}

[[Esperanto]] has six different participle conjugations; active and passive for past, present and future. The participles are formed as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Past
! Present
! Future
|-
| '''Active'''
| {{lang|eo|-inta}}
| {{lang|eo|-anta}}
| {{lang|eo|-onta}}
|-
| '''Passive'''
| {{lang|eo|-ita}}
| {{lang|eo|-ata}}
| {{lang|eo|-ota}}
|}
For example, a {{lang|eo|falonta botelo}} is a bottle that will fall or is about to fall. A {{lang|eo|falanta botelo}} is one that is falling through the air. After it hits the floor, it is a {{lang|eo|falinta botelo}}. These examples use the active participles, but the usage of the passive participles is similar. A cake that is going to be divided is a {{lang|eo|dividota kuko}}. When it is in the process of being divided, it is a {{lang|eo|dividata kuko}}. Having been cut, it is now a {{lang|eo|dividita kuko}}.

These participles can be used in conjunction with the verb to be, {{lang|eo|esti}}, forming 18 compound tenses (9 active and 9 passive). However, this soon becomes complicated and often unnecessary, and is only frequently used when rigorous translation of English is required. An example of this would be {{lang|eo|la knabo estos instruita}}, or, 'the boy will have been taught'. This example sentence is then in the future anterior.

When the suffix {{lang|eo|-o}} is used, instead of {{lang|eo|-a}}, then the participle refers to a person. A {{lang|eo|manĝanto}} is someone who is eating. A {{lang|eo|manĝinto}} is someone who ate. A {{lang|eo|manĝonto}} is someone who will eat. Also, a {{lang|eo|manĝito}} is someone who was eaten, a {{lang|eo|manĝato}} is someone who is being eaten, and a {{lang|eo|manĝoto}} is someone who will be eaten.

These rules hold true for all transitive verbs. Since copular and intransitive verbs do not have passive voice, their participle forms can only be active.

An informal and unofficial addition to these six are the participles for conditional forms, which use {{lang|eo|-unt-}} and {{lang|eo|-ut-}}. For example, {{lang|eo|parolunto}} refers to someone who would speak (or would have spoken), and a {{lang|eo|leguta libro}} is a book that would be read (or have been read). These unofficial participle forms are however very rarely used in practice.

==See also==
*[[Attributive verb]]
*[[Gerund]]
*[[Grammar]]
*[[Hanging participle]]
*[[Nonfinite verb]]
*[[Transgressive (linguistics)]]
*[[Converb]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|2}}

==References==
*[http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/047.html Participles] from the ''American Heritage Book of English Usage'' (1996).
*Quirk, R; Greenbaum, S; Leech, G.; Svartvik, J. (1972). ''[https://openlibrary.org/books/OL5084441M/A_Grammar_of_contemporary_English A Grammar of Contemporary English]''. Longman.

==External links==
*[http://www.myenglishteacher.net/irregular_verbs.html List of English simple past and past participle verb forms], MyEnglishTeacher.net, Advanced Learning Center, 2001.
*Ernest De Witt Burton. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20010303161105/http://www.dabar.org/BurtonMoodsTenses/ADVERBIAL-PARTICIPLE.htmll The adverbial participle]", in  ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=g2Q-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA169 Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of New Testament Greek]'', 1906, p. 169.

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