πΊπ°πΏππ°ππΎπ°π½
Gothic
editEtymology
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Verb
editπΊπ°πΏππ°ππΎπ°π½ β’ (kaupatjan)
Conjugation
editThe past participle would be expected to follow the form of the other past tense forms, yielding *πΊπ°πΏππ°πππ (*kaupasts), but the single attestation of the past participle, πΊπ°πΏππ°ππΉπ³π°πΉ (kaupatidai), contradicts this. It is not certain whether this is due to scribal error, later morphological levelling or due to some other irregularity in the verbs suffixed with -atjan.
Further reading
edit- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winterβs UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p.Β 74