Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/marnati
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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
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥-né-h₂-ti, nasal infix present of *merh₂- (“to crumble, destroy”); if so, cognate with Ancient Greek μάρναμαι (márnamai, “to fight”) and possibly Sanskrit मृणाति (mṛṇāti, “to crumble”) and Old Norse merja (“to hit”),[1] though the latter two may have other etymologies.
Verb edit
*marnati
- to betray
Inflection edit
| Athematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *marnami | *marnamam | *mimrāsū | *mirta |
| 2nd singular | *marnasi | *marnatās | *mimrāsesi | *mirtas? |
| 3rd singular | *marnati | *marnato | *mimrāseti | *mirte |
| 1st plural | *marnamosi | *marnamo | *mimrāsomosi | *mirtmo |
| 2nd plural | *marnatesi | *marnastē | *mimrāsetesi | *mirsse |
| 3rd plural | *marnanti | *marnanto | *mimrāsonti | *mirtar |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *merasū | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | *merasesi | ? | *marna | |
| 3rd singular | *meraseti | ? | *marnatou | |
| 1st plural | *merasomosi | ? | *marnamos | |
| 2nd plural | *merasetesi | ? | *marnate | |
| 3rd plural | *merasonti | ? | *marnantou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *marnar | — | *mimrāsūr | — |
| 2nd singular | *marnatar | — | *mimrāsetar | — |
| 3rd singular | *marnator | ? | *mimrāsetor | — |
| 1st plural | *marnammor | — | *mimrāsommor | — |
| 2nd plural | *marnadwe | — | *mimrāsedwe | — |
| 3rd plural | *marnantor | ? | *mimrāsontor | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *merasūr | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | *merasetar | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | *merasetor | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *merasommor | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | *merasedwe | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | *merasontor | — | — | |
Descendants edit
Related terms edit
- *mratom (“betrayal”)
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 257