Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yēgeti
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editFrom a reduplicated present *h₁í-h₁eyǵʰ-ti from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyǵʰ-.[1][2] Distantly related to Ancient Greek ἰχανάω (ikhanáō, “to desire”) and Sanskrit ईहति (īhati, “to desire”).
Verb
edit*yēgeti
Inflection
editThematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
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Active voice | ||||
Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
1st singular | *yēgū | *yēgemam | ? | ? |
2nd singular | *yēgesi | *yēgetās | ? | ? |
3rd singular | *yēgeti | *yēgeto | ? | ? |
1st plural | *yēgomosi | *yēgemo | ? | ? |
2nd plural | *yēgetesi | *yēgestē | ? | ? |
3rd plural | *yēgonti | *yēgento | ? | ? |
Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
1st singular | *yēxsū | ? | — | |
2nd singular | *yēxsesi | ? | *yēge | |
3rd singular | *yēxseti | ? | *yēgetou | |
1st plural | *yēxsomosi | ? | *yēgomos | |
2nd plural | *yēxsetesi | ? | *yēgete | |
3rd plural | *yēxsonti | ? | *yēgontou | |
Passive voice | ||||
Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
1st singular | *yēgūr | — | ? | — |
2nd singular | *yēgetar | — | ? | — |
3rd singular | *yēgetor | ? | ? | — |
1st plural | *yēgommor | — | ? | — |
2nd plural | *yēgedwe | — | ? | — |
3rd plural | *yēgontor | ? | ? | — |
Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
1st singular | *yēxsūr | — | — | |
2nd singular | *yēxsetar | — | — | |
3rd singular | *yēxsetor | — | — | |
1st plural | *yēxsommor | — | — | |
2nd plural | *yēxsedwe | — | — | |
3rd plural | *yēxsontor | — | — |
Declension of the past participle | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *yēxtos | *yēxtou | *yēxtoi |
vocative | *yēxte | *yēxtou | *yēxtoi |
accusative | *yēxtom | *yēxtou | *yēxtoms |
genitive | *yēxtī | *yēxtous | *yēxtom |
dative | *yēxtūi | *yēxtobom | *yēxtobos |
instrumental | *yēxtū | *yēxtobim | *yēxtobis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *yēxtā | *yēxtai | *yēxtās |
vocative | *yēxtā | *yēxtai | *yēxtās |
accusative | *yēxtam | *yēxtai | *yēxtams |
genitive | *yēxtās | *yēxtous | *yēxtom |
dative | *yēxtai | *yēxtābom | *yēxtābos |
instrumental | *? | *yēxtābim | *yēxtābis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *yēxtom | *yēxtou | *yēxtā |
vocative | *yēxtom | *yēxtou | *yēxtā |
accusative | *yēxtom | *yēxtou | *yēxtā |
genitive | *yēxtī | *yēxtous | *yēxtom |
dative | *yēxtūi | *yēxtobom | *yēxtobos |
instrumental | *yēxtū | *yēxtobim | *yēxtobis |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Mees, Bernard (2011 December 14) “Words from the well at Gallo-Roman Châteaubleau”, in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, volume 58, number 1, , →ISSN, pages 87–108
- ^ Darling, Mark (2020) The Subjunctive in Celtic: Studies in Historical Phonology and Morphology[1], University of Cambridge, , page 118