Proto-Celtic
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *nigyéti (whence also Ancient Greek νίζω (nízō)), from *neygʷ- (“to wash”). The loss of labialization when *-yéti was attached is regular.
*nigyeti[1]
- to wash
- Synonym: *ameti
Inflection
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| Thematic present, suffixless preterite
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| Active voice
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Present
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Imperfect
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Future
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Preterite
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| 1st singular
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*nigyū
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*nigyemam
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*ninixsū
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*ninoiga
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| 2nd singular
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*nigyesi
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*nigyetās
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*ninixsesi
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*ninoigas?
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| 3rd singular
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*nigyeti
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*nigyeto
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*ninixseti
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*ninoige
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| 1st plural
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*nigyomosi
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*nigyemo
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*ninixsomosi
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*ninoigmo
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| 2nd plural
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*nigyetesi
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*nigyestē
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*ninixsetesi
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*ninoixte
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| 3rd plural
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*nigyonti
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*nigyento
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*ninixsonti
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*ninoigar
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Pres. subjunctive
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Past subjunctive
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Imperative
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| 1st singular
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*neixsū
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?
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—
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| 2nd singular
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*neixsesi
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?
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*nigye
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| 3rd singular
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*neixseti
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?
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*nigyetou
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| 1st plural
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*neixsomosi
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?
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*nigyomos
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| 2nd plural
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*neixsetesi
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?
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*nigyete
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| 3rd plural
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*neixsonti
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?
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*nigyontou
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| Passive voice
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Present
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Imperfect
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Future
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Preterite
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| 1st singular
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*nigyūr
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—
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*ninixsūr
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—
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| 2nd singular
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*nigyetar
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—
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*ninixsetar
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—
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| 3rd singular
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*nigyetor
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?
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*ninixsetor
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—
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| 1st plural
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*nigyommor
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—
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*ninixsommor
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—
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| 2nd plural
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*nigyedwe
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—
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*ninixsedwe
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—
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| 3rd plural
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*nigyontor
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?
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*ninixsontor
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—
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Pres. subjunctive
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Past subjunctive
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Imperative
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| 1st singular
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*neixsūr
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—
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—
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| 2nd singular
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*neixsetar
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—
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—
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| 3rd singular
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*neixsetor
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—
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—
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| 1st plural
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*neixsommor
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—
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—
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| 2nd plural
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*neixsedwe
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—
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—
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| 3rd plural
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*neixsontor
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—
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—
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| Declension of the past participle
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*nixtos
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*nixtou
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*nixtoi
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| vocative
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*nixte
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*nixtou
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*nixtoi
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| accusative
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*nixtom
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*nixtou
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*nixtoms
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| genitive
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*nixtī
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*nixtous
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*nixtom
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| dative
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*nixtūi
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*nixtobom
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*nixtobos
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| instrumental
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*nixtū
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*nixtobim
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*nixtobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*nixtā
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*nixtai
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*nixtās
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| vocative
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*nixtā
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*nixtai
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*nixtās
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| accusative
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*nixtam
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*nixtai
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*nixtams
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| genitive
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*nixtās
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*nixtous
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*nixtom
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| dative
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*nixtai
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*nixtābom
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*nixtābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*nixtābim
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*nixtābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*nixtom
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*nixtou
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*nixtā
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| vocative
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*nixtom
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*nixtou
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*nixtā
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| accusative
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*nixtom
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*nixtou
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*nixtā
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| genitive
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*nixtī
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*nixtous
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*nixtom
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| dative
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*nixtūi
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*nixtobom
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*nixtobos
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| instrumental
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*nixtū
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*nixtobim
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*nixtobis
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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References
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- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 492-496
