Similar to the infinitive, the gerund is the name of a process, but its substantive meaning is more strongly pronounced than that of the infinitive: unlike the infinitive, the gerund can be modified by a noun in the genitive case or by the possessive pronoun and used with prepositions.
The verbal features of the gerund. Like the verb, the gerund distinguishes the categories of voice and temporal correlation.
The nounal features of the gerund. Similar to the noun, the gerund can be modified by a noun in the genitive case or in the common case, which, when pronominalized, turn into the possessive and objective forms, respectively. The gerund in the latter construction is traditionally called the half-gerund.
Unlike the noun, the gerund cannot be used in the plural; it cannot be preceded by the article (or its substitute); it cannot be determined by the adjective.
Like the noun, the gerund can be used as the subject, the object, the predicative, and the attribute.