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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *klinaną (“to glue, stick, spread, smear”), with the verb re-analysed as a Class 5 strong verb. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to glue, stick”).
Verb
*klenan
- to stick, glue
- to smear
Inflection
| Strong class 5
|
| Infinitive
|
*klenan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*klan
|
| 3rd pl. past
|
*klānun
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| Past ptcple
|
*klenan
|
| Infinitive
|
*klenan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*klenannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*klenannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
|
*klenannju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
|
*klenu
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*klan
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| 2nd singular
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*kliniʀi
|
*klānī
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| 3rd singular
|
*klinidi
|
*klan
|
| 1st plural
|
*klenum
|
*klānum
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| 2nd plural
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*klinid
|
*klānud
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| 3rd plural
|
*klenand
|
*klānun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
|
*klenē
|
*klānī
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| 2nd singular
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*klenēs
|
*klānī
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| 3rd singular
|
*klenē
|
*klānī
|
| 1st plural
|
*klenēm
|
*klānīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*klenēþ
|
*klānīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*klenēn
|
*klānīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
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| Singular
|
*klin
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| Plural
|
*klinid
|
|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
|
*klenandī
|
*klenan
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