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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *galīk + *-attjan.
Verb
*līkattjan[1]
- to pretend
- to flatter
Inflection
Class 1 weak j-present
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Infinitive
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*līkattjan
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1st sg. past
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*līkattā
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Infinitive
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*līkattjan
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Genitive infin.
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*līkattjannjas
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Dative infin.
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*līkattjannjē
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Instrum. infin.
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*līkattjannju
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Indicative
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Present
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Past
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1st singular
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*līkattju
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*līkattā
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2nd singular
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*līkatisi
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*līkattēs, *līkattōs
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3rd singular
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*līkatiþi
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*līkattē, *līkattā
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1st plural
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*līkattjum
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*līkattum
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2nd plural
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*līkatiþ
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*līkattud
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3rd plural
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*līkattjanþ
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*līkattun
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Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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1st singular
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*līkattjē
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*līkattī
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2nd singular
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*līkattjēs
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*līkattī
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3rd singular
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*līkattjē
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*līkattī
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1st plural
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*līkattjēm
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*līkattīm
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2nd plural
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*līkattjēþ
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*līkattīd
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3rd plural
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*līkattjēn
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*līkattīn
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Imperative
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Present
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Singular
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*līkati
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Plural
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*līkatiþ
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Present
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Past
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Participle
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*līkattjandī
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*līkatt
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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 129: “*līkatʲtʲan”