The gerundial suffix `-ing'. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I never understood, then or now, what the gerundial “the Crying of” meant. From Wordnik.com. [The Crying of Area Code 212 - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
This is the gerundial infinitive after an adjective: comp. From Wordnik.com. [Milton's Comus] Reference
The gerundial inf. with tô expresses purpose, defines a noun or adjective, or, with the verb be, expresses duty or necessity passively; cf. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf] Reference
One suggestion I would make is that the sense of ouai doesn't seem judgmental, as "reckoning" would imply that there will be a reckoning upon you (and there's no indication that the interjection is present progressive or gerundial), but purely interjectory along the lines of "poor you.". From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The case studies investigated include the alternation between synthetic and analytic comparatives, between the s-genitive and the of-genitive, between gerundial and infinitival complementation, particle placement, and future marker choice in a number of corpora sampling different spoken registers and geographical varieties of English. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Happy to discuss gerundial matters with anyone who’s interested …. From Wordnik.com. [The prescriptivists’ untying of this Gordian Knot is flawed « Motivated Grammar] Reference
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