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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Lit lamps

Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is derived from the Sanskrit word "deepavali" means rows of lit lamps.
"lit" in "lit lamps" looks like an adjective. How do we know whether it's part participle or not type of adjective?
What does it mean exactly?
  

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Jigneshbharati "lit" in "lit lamps" looks like an adjective. How do we know whether it's part a past participle or not a type of adjective? Look it up in a dictionary, of course.

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Jigneshbharati"lit" in "lit lamps" looks like an adjective. How do we know whether it's part a past participle or not a type of adjective?

Look it up in a dictionary, of course.