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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent, still”);[1] more specifically, an o-grade causative/iterative formation[2] also seen in Proto-Slavic *toliti (“to calm, soothe”).
Verb
*tolīti[2]
- to sleep
Inflection
| Ī-present
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| Active voice
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Present
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Imperfect
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Future
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Preterite
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| 1st singular
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*toleyū
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*tolīmam
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?
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—
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| 2nd singular
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*tolīsi
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*tolītās
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?
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—
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| 3rd singular
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*tolīti
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*tolīto
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?
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—
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| 1st plural
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*toleyomosi
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*tolīmo
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?
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—
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| 2nd plural
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*tolītesi
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*tolīstē
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—
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| 3rd plural
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*toleyonti
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*tolīnto
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?
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—
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Pres. subjunctive
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Past subjunctive
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Imperative
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| 1st singular
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?
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?
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—
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| 2nd singular
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?
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?
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*tolī
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| 3rd singular
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?
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?
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*tolītou
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| 1st plural
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?
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?
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*toleyomos
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| 2nd plural
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?
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?
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*tolīte
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| 3rd plural
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?
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?
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*toleyontou
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| Passive voice
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Present
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Imperfect
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Future
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Preterite
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| 1st singular
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*toleyūr
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—
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?
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—
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| 2nd singular
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*tolītar
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—
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—
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| 3rd singular
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*tolītor
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?
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—
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| 1st plural
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*toleyommor
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—
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?
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—
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| 2nd plural
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*tolīdwe
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—
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—
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| 3rd plural
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*toleyontor
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?
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?
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—
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Pres. subjunctive
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Past subjunctive
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Imperative
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| 1st singular
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?
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—
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—
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| 2nd singular
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?
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—
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—
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| 3rd singular
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?
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—
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—
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| 1st plural
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?
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—
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—
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| 2nd plural
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?
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—
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—
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| 3rd plural
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?
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—
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—
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Reconstruction
- Matasović's *tolīyeti is erroneous.
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Le Mair, Esther (2011 September 30) Secondary Verbs in Old Irish: A comparative-historical study of patterns of verbal derivation in the Old Irish Glosses, Galway: National University of Ireland, page 255
