From Old Breton evaff (in the Catholicon), from Proto-Brythonic *ɨβɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from *pi-ph₃-, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-. Compare Cornish eva and Welsh yfed, Old Irish ibid.
evañ
Personal forms | |||||||
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Indicative | Conditional | Imperative | |||||
Present | Imperfect | Preterite | Future | Present | Imperfect | ||
1s | evan | even | evis | evin | evfen | evjen | - |
2s | evez | eves | evjout | evi | evfes | evjes | ev |
3s | ev | eve | evas | evo | evfe | evje | evet |
1p | evomp | evemp | evjomp | evimp | evfemp | evjemp | evomp |
2p | evit | evec'h | evjoc'h | evot | evfec'h | evjec'h | evit |
3p | evont | event | evjont | evint | evfent | evjent | event |
0 | ever | eved | evjod | evor | evfed | evjed | - |
Impersonal forms | Mutated forms | ||||||
Infinitive | evañ, evet | Soft mutation after a | a ev- | ||||
Present participle | oc'h evañ | Mixed mutation after e | ec'h ev- | ||||
Past participle | evet (auxiliary verb: kaout) | Soft mutation after ne/na | n'ev- |