Middle Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From an adjective form related to Proto-Celtic *ati-gninati (to know) (compare Old Irish ad·gnin) compounded with bod (to be), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti, a nasal-infix present of *ǵneh₃- (to know).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

adnabot

  1. to know
  2. to recognize

Conjugation edit

  • first-person plural present indicative: adwaenwn
  • second-person singular future: adnabydy
  • third-person singular present subjunctive: adnappo

Descendants edit

  • Welsh: adnabod

Mutation edit

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical Soft Nasal H-prothesis
adnabot unchanged unchanged hadnabot
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.