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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tinīti

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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

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Etymology

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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

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*tinīti

  1. to melt

Inflection

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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
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
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

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Descendants

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  • Old Irish: tinaid

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ti-ni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 379