Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skrībbāti
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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
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ-.
Verb
*skrībbāti[1]
- to scratch
Conjugation
| Ā-present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *skrībbāmi | *skrībbāmam | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *skrībbāsi | *skrībbātās | ? | ? |
| 3rd singular | *skrībbāti | *skrībbāto | ? | ? |
| 1st plural | *skrībbāmosi | *skrībbāmo | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *skrībbātesi | *skrībbāstē | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *skrībbānti | *skrībbānto | ? | ? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *skrībbā | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *skrībbātou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *skrībbāmos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *skrībbāte | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *skrībbāntou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *skrībbār | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *skrībbātar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *skrībbātor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *skrībbāmmor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *skrībbādwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *skrībbāntor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
Descendants
- Middle Irish: scrípaid
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skrībb-ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 344