Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gabyeti

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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-. Compare the verbal noun *gabaglā.

Verb

*gabyeti[1]

  1. to grab, seize, take, hold

Inflection

The conjugation was extensively remodeled in Insular Celtic to shed the aberrant root allomorph *gax-.

Thematic present, s-preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *gabyū *gabyemam ? *gaxsam
2nd singular *gabyesi *gabyetās ? *gaxss
3rd singular *gabyeti *gabyeto ? *gaxst
1st plural *gabyomosi *gabyemo ? *gaxsme
2nd plural *gabyetesi *gabyestē ? *gaxste
3rd plural *gabyonti *gabyento ? *gaxsant
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *gaxsū ?
2nd singular *gaxsesi ? *gabye
3rd singular *gaxseti ? *gabyetou
1st plural *gaxsomosi ? *gabyomos
2nd plural *gaxsetesi ? *gabyete
3rd plural *gaxsonti ? *gabyontou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *gabyūr ?
2nd singular *gabyetar ?
3rd singular *gabyetor ? ?
1st plural *gabyommor ?
2nd plural *gabyedwe ?
3rd plural *gabyontor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular *gaxsūr
2nd singular *gaxsetar
3rd singular *gaxsetor
1st plural *gaxsommor
2nd plural *gaxsedwe
3rd plural *gaxsontor
Declension of the past participle
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *gaxtos *gaxtou *gaxtoi
vocative *gaxte *gaxtou *gaxtoi
accusative *gaxtom *gaxtou *gaxtoms
genitive *gaxtī *gaxtous *gaxtom
dative *gaxtūi *gaxtobom *gaxtobos
instrumental *gaxtū *gaxtobim *gaxtobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *gaxtā *gaxtai *gaxtās
vocative *gaxtā *gaxtai *gaxtās
accusative *gaxtam *gaxtai *gaxtams
genitive *gaxtās *gaxtous *gaxtom
dative *gaxtai *gaxtābom *gaxtābos
instrumental *? *gaxtābim *gaxtābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *gaxtom *gaxtou *gaxtā
vocative *gaxtom *gaxtou *gaxtā
accusative *gaxtom *gaxtou *gaxtā
genitive *gaxtī *gaxtous *gaxtom
dative *gaxtūi *gaxtobom *gaxtobos
instrumental *gaxtū *gaxtobim *gaxtobis

Reconstruction notes

  • This verb underwent almost total hybridization in Brittonic with another verb *kageti (from *kagʰ-); *kap- has also been suspected to have been an influence.[2]
    • This hybridization caused the initial *g to be replaced by *k in this verb and all direct verbal derivatives.
    • The verbal noun *gabaglā, despite also being a result of hybridization with *kagʰ-, replaced its initial consonant with *k only when it was used as a verbal noun. Root-initial *g remained in non-verbal use (and the early derivative *atigabaglā), causing this noun to split into two, e.g. in Middle Welsh caffael vs. Welsh gafael.
  • The /f/ that appears in Welsh and Middle Breton is due to the spread of the subjunctive stem to other verbal forms: the subjunctive suffix *-as- > *-ah- > *-h- came into contact with Brittonic /β/ after the *a in the subjunctive suffix was syncopated, regularly devoicing the root-final consonant.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gab-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 148-49
  2. ^ 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 318-324