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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Generally held as cognate to Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find, discover”).[1] The root may be reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁- or *werh₁-; it is impossible to ascertain which is correct.[2]
Verb
*wourū[3]
- to find
Inflection
Defective verb in Celtic, only preterite and past participle forms are known to exist.
| Suffixless preterite
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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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?
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?
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?
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*wourū
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| 2nd singular
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?
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?
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?
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*wourūs
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| 3rd singular
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?
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*wourū
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| 1st plural
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?
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*wouramo
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| 2nd plural
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?
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?
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?
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*wourate
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| 3rd plural
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?
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?
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?
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*wourars
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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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| 2nd singular
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| 3rd singular
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?
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| 1st plural
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| 2nd plural
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| 3rd plural
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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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?
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| 2nd singular
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| 3rd singular
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| 1st plural
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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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| 3rd singular
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| 1st plural
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| Declension of the past participle
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*wrītos
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*wrītou
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*wrītoi
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| vocative
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*wrīte
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*wrītou
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*wrītoi
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| accusative
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*wrītom
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*wrītou
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*wrītoms
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| genitive
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*wrītī
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*wrītous
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*wrītom
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| dative
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*wrītūi
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*wrītobom
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*wrītobos
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| instrumental
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*wrītū
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*wrītobim
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*wrītobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*wrītā
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*wrītai
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*wrītās
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| vocative
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*wrītā
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*wrītai
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*wrītās
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| accusative
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*wrītam
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*wrītai
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*wrītams
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| genitive
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*wrītās
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*wrītous
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*wrītom
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| dative
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*wrītai
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*wrītābom
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*wrītābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*wrītābim
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*wrītābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*wrītom
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*wrītou
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*wrītā
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| vocative
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*wrītom
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*wrītou
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*wrītā
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| accusative
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*wrītom
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*wrītou
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*wrītā
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| genitive
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*wrītī
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*wrītous
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*wrītom
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| dative
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*wrītūi
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*wrītobom
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*wrītobos
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| instrumental
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*wrītū
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*wrītobim
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*wrītobis
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wer-V-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 414
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2015 November 13) “Old Irish gniid ‘makes, does’, Middle Welsh gweinydaf ‘serve’, and i-presents”, in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, volume 62, number 1, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 213–222
- ^ 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 681-682
