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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gabyeti
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-. Compare the verbal noun *gabaglā.
Verb
*gabyeti[1]
- to grab, seize, take, hold
Declension
| Thematic present, s-preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *gabyū | *gabyemam | ? | *gabasam |
| 2nd singular | *gabyesi | *gabyetās | ? | *gabass |
| 3rd singular | *gabyeti | *gabyeto | ? | *gabast |
| 1st plural | *gabyomosi | *gabyemo | ? | *gabasme |
| 2nd plural | *gabyetesi | *gabyestē | ? | *gabaste |
| 3rd plural | *gabyonti | *gabyento | ? | *gabasant |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *gabye | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *gabyetou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *gabyomos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *gabyete | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *gabyontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *gabyūr | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *gabyetar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *gabyetor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *gabyommor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *gabyedwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *gabyontor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: caffout
- Old Cornish: gauae
- Old Welsh: ad-gabael
- Middle Welsh: caffael
- Old Irish: gaibid
- Irish: gabh
- Manx: gow
- Scottish Gaelic: gabh
- Gaulish: gabi, Gabiae
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gab-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 148-49