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Some authors (e.g. Gareth King, see the references list) use the terms verbnoun or verb-noun to refer to the basic form of a verb in Celtic languages such as Welsh, and is the form usually listed in the dictionary. See the article on verbal nouns for the term more generally used in grammatical descriptions. It is the verb form which functions as a noun, naming an "action or state without reference to who does it or when". As such, it is usually used with an auxiliary verb.