Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸarsketi

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti.[1]

Verb edit

*ɸarsketi

  1. to ask, to plead

Inflection edit

Thematic present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *ɸarskū *ɸarskemam *ɸibrixsū *ɸebroka
2nd singular *ɸarskesi *ɸarsketās *ɸibrixsesi *ɸebrokas?
3rd singular *ɸarsketi *ɸarsketo *ɸibrixseti *ɸebroke
1st plural *ɸarskomosi *ɸarskemo *ɸibrixsomosi *ɸebrokmo
2nd plural *ɸarsketesi *ɸarskestē *ɸibrixsetesi *ɸebroxte
3rd plural *ɸarskonti *ɸarskento *ɸibrixsonti *ɸebrokar
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *ɸrexsū ?
2nd singular *ɸrexsesi ? *ɸarske
3rd singular *ɸrexseti ? *ɸarsketou
1st plural *ɸrexsomosi ? *ɸarskomos
2nd plural *ɸrexsetesi ? *ɸarskete
3rd plural *ɸrexsonti ? *ɸarskontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *ɸarskūr *ɸibrixsūr
2nd singular *ɸarsketar *ɸibrixsetar
3rd singular *ɸarsketor ? *ɸibrixsetor
1st plural *ɸarskommor *ɸibrixsommor
2nd plural *ɸarskedwe *ɸibrixsedwe
3rd plural *ɸarskontor ? *ɸibrixsontor
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *ɸrexsūr
2nd singular *ɸrexsetar
3rd singular *ɸrexsetor
1st plural *ɸrexsommor
2nd plural *ɸrexsedwe
3rd plural *ɸrexsontor

Descendants edit

  • Brythonic: *ėrxɨd (secondarily transferred to the ī-verbs)
    • Middle Breton: archaff
    • Cornish: erghi
    • Old Welsh: erchim
  • Old Irish: arcu

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 125