kavout
Breton
Alternative forms
- kavoud
Etymology
From Middle Breton caffout, from Proto-Celtic *kab-ei-tu (compare Cornish kavos), verbal noun of *kab- (compare Welsh cael), alteration of Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pi- (compare Latin capere, English have, heave, Albanian kap).
Verb
kavout
- (transitive) to find
- (transitive) to meet up with
- (reflexive, intransitive, reflexive form: en em gavout) to be at a place, find oneself
Inflection
Mutation of kavout
| Breton consonant mutation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | |
| kavout | gavout | c'havout | unchanged | unchanged | |
Conjugation
| Personal forms | |||||||
| Indicative | Conditional | Imperative | |||||
| Present | Imperfect | Preterite | Future | Present | Imperfect | ||
| 1s | kavan | kaven | kavis | kavin | kavfen | kavjen | - |
| 2s | kavez | kaves | kavjout | kavi | kavfes | kavjes | kav |
| 3s | kav | kave | kavas | kavo | kavfe | kavje | kavet |
| 1p | kavomp | kavemp | kavjomp | kavimp | kavfemp | kavjemp | kavomp |
| 2p | kavit | kavec'h | kavjoc'h | kavot | kavfec'h | kavjec'h | kavit |
| 3p | kavont | kavent | kavjont | kavint | kavfent | kavjent | kavent |
| 0 | kaver | kaved | kavjod | kavor | kavfed | kavjed | - |
| Impersonal forms | Mutated forms | ||||||
| Infinitive: kavout Present participle: o kavout Past participle: kavet (auxiliary verb: kaout but intransitive: bezañ) | Soft mutation after a: a gav- Mixed mutation after e: e kav- Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na gav- | ||||||
Derived terms
- kaout