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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/snāti
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim”).[1]
Verb
*snāti
- to swim
Inflection
| Ā-present, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *snāmi | *snāmam | ? | *sesnū |
| 2nd singular | *snāsi | *snātās | ? | *sesnūs |
| 3rd singular | *snāti | *snāto | ? | *sesnū |
| 1st plural | *snāmosi | *snāmo | ? | ? |
| 2nd plural | *snātesi | *snāstē | ? | ? |
| 3rd plural | *snānti | *snānto | ? | *sesnar |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *snā | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *snātou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *snāmos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *snāte | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *snāntou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *snār | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *snātar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *snātor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *snāmmor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *snādwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *snāntor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
Descendants
- Old Irish: snaid
- Middle Irish: snáid
Related terms
- *snāmus
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*snā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 348