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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/reketi
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek- (“to arrange, set in order”). Conventionally linked to Proto-Slavic *reťi (“to say”), Tocharian B reki (“word”), and Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rahnjan, “to count, calculate”).[1]
Verb
*reketi
- to arrange
Inflection
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *rekū | *rekemam | *rir(e)xsū | *reroka |
| 2nd singular | *rekesi | *reketās | *rir(e)xsesi | *rerokas? |
| 3rd singular | *reketi | *reketo | *rir(e)xseti | *reroke |
| 1st plural | *rekomosi | *rekemo | *rir(e)xsomosi | ? |
| 2nd plural | *reketesi | *rekestē | *rir(e)xsetesi | ? |
| 3rd plural | *rekonti | *rekento | *rir(e)xsonti | *rerokar? |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *rexsū | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | *rexsesi | ? | *reke | |
| 3rd singular | *rexseti | ? | *reketou | |
| 1st plural | *rexsomosi | ? | *rekomos | |
| 2nd plural | *rexsetesi | ? | *rekete | |
| 3rd plural | *rexsonti | ? | *rekontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *rekūr | — | *rir(e)xsūr | — |
| 2nd singular | *reketar | — | *rir(e)xsetar | — |
| 3rd singular | *reketor | ? | *rir(e)xsetor | — |
| 1st plural | *rekommor | — | *rir(e)xsommor | — |
| 2nd plural | *rekedwe | — | *rir(e)xsedwe | — |
| 3rd plural | *rekontor | ? | *rir(e)xsontor | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | *rexsūr | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | *rexsetar | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | *rexsetor | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *rexsommor | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | *rexsedwe | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | *rexsontor | — | — | |
| Declension of the past participle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *rixtos | *rixtou | *rixtoi |
| vocative | *rixte | *rixtou | *rixtūs |
| accusative | *rixtom | *rixtou | *rixtoms |
| genitive | *rixtī | *rixtous | *rixtom |
| dative | *rixtūi | *rixtobom | *rixtobos |
| instrumental | *rixtū | *rixtobim | *rixtobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *rixtā | *rixtai | *rixtās |
| vocative | *rixtā | *rixtai | *rixtās |
| accusative | *rixtam | *rixtai | *rixtams |
| genitive | *rixtās | *rixtous | *rixtom |
| dative | *rixtai | *rixtābom | *rixtābos |
| instrumental | *? | *rixtābim | *rixtābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *rixtom | *rixtou | *rixtā |
| vocative | *rixtom | *rixtou | *rixtā |
| accusative | *rixtom | *rixtou | *rixtā |
| genitive | *rixtī | *rixtous | *rixtom |
| dative | *rixtūi | *rixtobom | *rixtobos |
| instrumental | *rixtū | *rixtobim | *rixtobis |
Descendants
All descendants are prefixed with *ati-.
- Proto-Brythonic:[2]
- Middle Welsh: atrec (“repentance”)
- Welsh: atreg
- Cornish: edrek (“regret”)
- Middle Welsh: atrec (“repentance”)
- ⇒ Old Irish: ad·eirrig, ad·errig
- Middle Irish: aithrigid
- Irish: athraigh
- Manx: arree
- Scottish Gaelic: atharraich
- Middle Irish: aithrigid
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*rek-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 308
- Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, §3.1.96, page 276