Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-sagyetor
Appearance
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the primary verb *sagyeti (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-.
Suffix
[edit]*-sagyetor
- denominative/causative suffix
Inflection
[edit]Thematic present, deponent | ||||
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Passive voice | ||||
Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
1st singular | *-sagyūr | — | ? | — |
2nd singular | *-sagyetar | — | ? | — |
3rd singular | *-sagyetor | ? | ? | — |
1st plural | *-sagyommor | — | ? | — |
2nd plural | *-sagyedwe | — | ? | — |
3rd plural | *-sagyontor | ? | ? | — |
Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
1st singular | ? | — | — | |
2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
1st plural | ? | — | — | |
2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
3rd plural | ? | — | — |
Declension of the present participle | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *-sagyonts | *-sagyonte | *-sagyontes |
vocative | *-sagyonts | *-sagyonte | *-sagyontes |
accusative | *-sagyontam | *-sagyonte | *-sagyontans |
genitive | *-sagyantos | *? | *-sagyantom |
dative | *-sagyantei | *-sagyantbom | *-sagyantbos |
instrumental | *-sagyantī? | *-sagyantbim | *-sagyantbis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *-sagyantī | *-sagyantī | *-sagyantiyās |
vocative | *-sagyantī | *-sagyantī | *-sagyantiyās |
accusative | *-sagyantīm | *-sagyantī | *-sagyantiyans |
genitive | *-sagyantyās | *? | *-sagyantyom |
dative | *-sagyantyāi | *-sagyantyābom | *-sagyantyābos |
instrumental | *? | *-sagyantyābim | *-sagyantyābis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *-sagyont | *? | *-sagyonta |
vocative | *-sagyont | *? | *-sagyonta |
accusative | *-sagyont | *? | *-sagyonta |
genitive | *-sagyantos | *? | *-sagyantom |
dative | *-sagyantei | *? | *-sagyantbos |
instrumental | *-sagyantī? | *? | *-sagyantbis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Lionel S. Joseph (1987) “The origin of the Celtic denominatives in *-sag-”, in Calvert Watkins, editor, Studies in Memory of Warren Cowgill (1929–1985): Papers from the Fourth East Coast Indo-European Conference, Cornell University, June 6–9, 1985, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 113–59