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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Compare *gafehan (“to rejoice”).
Noun
*gafehō m[1]
- joy, gladness
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*gafehō
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| Genitive
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*gafihini, *gafehan
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*gafehō
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*gafehan
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| Accusative
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*gafehan
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*gafehan
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| Genitive
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*gafihini, *gafehan
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*gafehanō
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| Dative
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*gafihini, *gafehan
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*gafehum
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| Instrumental
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*gafihini, *gafehan
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*gafehum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 316: “PWGmc *gafehō”
