kavout

Breton

Alternative forms

• kavoud

Etymology

From Middle Breton caffout, from Proto-Celtic *kab-ei-tu (compare Cornish kavos), verbal noun of *kab- (compare Welsh cael), alteration of Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pi- (compare Latin capere, English have, heave, Albanian kap).

Verb

kavout

1. (transitive) to find
2. (transitive) to meet up with
3. (reflexive, intransitive, reflexive form: en em gavout) to be at a place, find oneself

Inflection

  Mutation of kavout  

Breton consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kavout	gavout	c'havout	unchanged	unchanged

Conjugation

Conjugation of kavout

Personal forms
	Indicative				Conditional		Imperative
	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Present	Imperfect
1s	kavan	kaven	kavis	kavin	kavfen	kavjen	-
2s	kavez	kaves	kavjout	kavi	kavfes	kavjes	kav
3s	kav	kave	kavas	kavo	kavfe	kavje	kavet
1p	kavomp	kavemp	kavjomp	kavimp	kavfemp	kavjemp	kavomp
2p	kavit	kavec'h	kavjoc'h	kavot	kavfec'h	kavjec'h	kavit
3p	kavont	kavent	kavjont	kavint	kavfent	kavjent	kavent
0	kaver	kaved	kavjod	kavor	kavfed	kavjed	-
Impersonal forms					Mutated forms
Infinitive		kavout			Soft mutation after a		a gav-
Present participle		o kavout			Mixed mutation after e		e kav-
Past participle		kavet (auxiliary verb: kaout but intransitive: bezañ)			Soft mutation after ne/na		ne/na gav-

Derived terms

• kaout