Gerund

Gerund is a verb stem converted to a noun. In English gerund is often cofused with present participle because both have suffix -ing, however they act as subject or object:
Eating oranges is healthy. Jedanie pomarančy je zdrave.
Hunting tigers is dangerous. Lovienie tigrov je nebezpečne.
Flying gives me happiness. Letanie daje mi ščastie.
Gaining on investment is important. Ziskanie na investicji je važne.

-nie -ние

Gerund must be built from infinitive stem, for example ignorovať → ignorovanie (ignoring)

Examples

Many words are gerunds despite some of them not being gerunds in English:

acceleration → uskorenie
approval → odobrenie
approximation → približenie
attitude → odnošenie
existence (being) → istnienie
birth → narodenie
composition → zloženie
confession → vyznanie
decision → rešenie
edition → izdanie
embarrassment → smuščenie
exercise → cvičenie
impression → vraženie
inquiry → zapytanie
justification → opravdanie
learning → učenie
listening → slušanie
loanword → zapožyčenie
measurement → meranie
question (asking) → pytanie
reading → čytanie
research → badanie
speaking → govorenie
supplying → zasobovanie
tracking → sledovanie
understanding → razumienie/rozumienie
wish → želanie
writing → pisanie

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