gotin

See also: Gotin

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *gáwbati, from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”) with a -b⁽ʰ⁾- enlargement, perhaps connected to the synonymous *ǵʰewH-. Most probably a loan from Persian (goftan, “speak”), replacing native *bê(h)tin (somewhat preserved in most Kurdish languages and in the present stem -bêj- and galebêt, a variant of galegot (“chat; rumour”)). Persian verbs that end with -uft- often end with -eft- (or -aft- if transitive) in Kurdish, compare Persian (šenoftan) and Central Kurdish ژنەفتن (jneftin). In this case a *geftin or *gaftin would have been expected, which is found in vegeftin (“to admit”), geft kirin (“to acknowledge”) and probably gef (“threat”) and gep (“cheek; chat”) (as in gep kirin (“to chat, talk”), akin to Persian which is likely Northwestern Iranic in origin).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡoːˈtɪn/
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Verb

Central Kurdish	گوتن (gutin), وتن (wtin)
Southern Kurdish	وتن (wtin)

gotin

(verb) to say

gotin (third-person singular simple present dibêje, past tense got, Arabic spelling گۆتن)

Conjugation

conjugation of gotin

indicative active
infinitive						gotin
gerund						gotin
present	1s	ez dibêjim	1p	em dibêjin	past	1s	min got	1p	me got
	2s	tu dibêjî	2p	hûn dibêjin		2s	te got	2p	we got
	3s	ew dibêje	3p	ew dibêjin		3s	wê/wî got	3p	wan got

future	1s	ez dê/ê bibêjim	1p	em dê/ê bibêjin	future perfect	1s	ez dê/ê gotibim	1p	em dê/ê gotibin
	2s	tu dê/ê bibêjî	2p	hûn dê/ê bibêjin		2s	tu dê/ê gotibî	2p	hûn dê/ê gotibin
	3s	ew dê/ê bibêje	3p	ew dê/ê bibêjin		3s	ew dê/ê gotibe	3p	ew dê/ê gotibin

present perfect	1s	min gotiye	1p	me gotiye	pluperfect	1s	min gotibû	1p	me gotibû
	2s	te gotiye	2p	we gotiye		2s	te gotibû	2p	we gotibû
	3s	wî gotiye	3p	wan gotiye		3s	wî gotibû	3p	wan gotibû

imperative	2s	(tu) bibêje	2p	(hûn) bibêjin
indicative active (negative)
present	1s	ez nadibêjim	1p	em nadibêjin	past	1s	min negot	1p	me negot
	2s	tu nadibêjî	2p	hûn nadibêjin		2s	te negot	2p	we negot
	3s	ew nadibêje	3p	ew nadibêjin		3s	wê/wî negot	3p	wan negot

future	1s	ez dê/ê nebibêjim	1p	em dê/ê nebibêjin	future perfect	1s	ez dê/ê negotibim	1p	em dê/ê negotibin
	2s	tu dê/ê nebibêjî	2p	hûn dê/ê nebibêjin		2s	tu dê/ê negotibî	2p	hûn dê/ê negotibin
	3s	ew dê/ê nebibêje	3p	ew dê/ê nebibêjin		3s	ew dê/ê negotibe	3p	ew dê/ê negotibin

present perfect	1s	min negotiye	1p	me negotiye	pluperfect	1s	min negotibû	1p	me negotibû
	2s	te negotiye	2p	we negotiye		2s	te negotibû	2p	we negotibû
	3s	wî negotiye	3p	wan negotiye		3s	wî negotibû	3p	wan negotibû

imperative	2s	(tu) nebêje	2p	(hûn) nebêjin
subjunctive active
present	1s	ez bibêjim	1p	em bibêjin	pluperfect	1s	min gotibûye	1p	me gotibûye
	2s	tu bibêjî	2p	hûn bibêjin		2s	te gotibûye	2p	we gotibûye
	3s	ew bibêje	3p	ew bibêjin		3s	wî gotibûye	3p	wan gotibûye

present perfect	1s	min gotibe	1p	me gotibe
	2s	te gotibe	2p	we gotibe
	3s	wî gotibe	3p	wan gotibe
conditional active
conditional I	1s	min dê/ê bigota	1p	me dê/ê bigota	conditional II	1s	min dê/ê gotibûya	1p	me dê/ê gotibûya
	2s	te dê/ê bigota	2p	we dê/ê bigota		2s	te dê/ê gotibûya	2p	we dê/ê gotibûya
	3s	wî/wê dê/ê bigota	3p	wan dê/ê bigota		3s	wî/wê dê/ê gotibûya	3p	wan dê/ê gotibûya

Derived terms

vegotin, gotûbêj, gotî, gotar, galegot, bêjerî, bêjer