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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/armāną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *armaz (“poor”) + *-āną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑr.mɑː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*armāną[1]
- to pity
Inflection
Conjugation of *armāną (weak class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *armō | ? | — | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *armaisi | ? | *armai | *armāsai | ? |
| 3rd singular | *armaiþi | ? | *armāþau | *armāþai | ? |
| 1st dual | *armōs | ? | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *armāþiz | ? | *armāþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *armāmaz | ? | — | *armānþai | ? |
| 2nd plural | *armaiþ | ? | *armaiþ | *armānþai | ? |
| 3rd plural | *armānþi | ? | *armānþau | *armānþai | ? |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *armadǭ | *armadēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *armadēz | *armadēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *armadē | *armadēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *armadēdū | *armadēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *armadēdudiz | *armadēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *armadēdum | *armadēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *armadēdud | *armadēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *armadēdun | *armadēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *armāndz | *armadaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *armēn
- Old English: earmian
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *intfarmon
- Middle Dutch: entfarmen, ontfarmen
- Dutch: ontfermen
- Middle Dutch: entfarmen, ontfarmen
- ⇒ Old High German: irbarmēn
- Middle High German: erbarmen
- German: erbarmen
- Luxembourgish: erbaarmen
- → Middle Dutch: erbarmen
- Dutch: erbarmen
- Middle High German: erbarmen
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌽 (arman)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*armēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 24