Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tinīti
Appearance
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Nasal-infix verb from Proto-Indo-European *teyh₁-, cognate to Old Norse þíðr (“thawed”), Old English þīnan (“to moisten”), and Hittite [script needed] (zēari, “to boil”).[1]
Verb
[edit]*tinīti
- to melt
Inflection
[edit]Only the present stem and the past participle are attested in Celtic. The similarly-shaped synonymous (but etymologically unrelated) verb *tādeti was used if other stems were needed.
Seṭ-root athematic present with stem ablaut | ||||
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Active voice | ||||
Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
1st singular | *tinīmi | *tinamam | ? | — |
2nd singular | *tinīsi | *tinatās | ? | — |
3rd singular | *tinīti | *tinato | ? | — |
1st plural | *tinamosi | *tinamo | ? | — |
2nd plural | *tinatesi | *tinastē | ? | — |
3rd plural | *tinanti | *tinanto | ? | — |
Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
2nd singular | ? | ? | *tinī | |
3rd singular | ? | ? | *tinītou | |
1st plural | ? | ? | *tinamos | |
2nd plural | ? | ? | *tinate | |
3rd plural | ? | ? | *tinantou | |
Passive voice | ||||
Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
1st singular | *tinīr | — | ? | — |
2nd singular | *tinītar | — | ? | — |
3rd singular | *tinītor | ? | ? | — |
1st plural | *tinammor | — | ? | — |
2nd plural | *tinadwe | — | ? | — |
3rd plural | *tinantor | ? | ? | — |
Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
1st singular | ? | — | — | |
2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
1st plural | ? | — | — | |
2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
3rd plural | ? | — | — |
Declension of the past participle | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *tītos | *tītou | *tītoi |
vocative | *tīte | *tītou | *tītoi |
accusative | *tītom | *tītou | *tītoms |
genitive | *tītī | *tītous | *tītom |
dative | *tītūi | *tītobom | *tītobos |
instrumental | *tītū | *tītobim | *tītobis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *tītā | *tītai | *tītās |
vocative | *tītā | *tītai | *tītās |
accusative | *tītam | *tītai | *tītams |
genitive | *tītās | *tītous | *tītom |
dative | *tītai | *tītābom | *tītābos |
instrumental | *? | *tītābim | *tītābis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *tītom | *tītou | *tītā |
vocative | *tītom | *tītou | *tītā |
accusative | *tītom | *tītou | *tītā |
genitive | *tītī | *tītous | *tītom |
dative | *tītūi | *tītobom | *tītobos |
instrumental | *tītū | *tītobim | *tītobis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: tinaid
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ti-ni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 379