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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blindijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *blindaz (“blind”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈblin.di.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*blindijaną[1]
- (transitive) to blind, to make blind
Inflection
Conjugation of *blindijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *blindijō | *blindijaų | — | *blindijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *blindīsi | *blindijais | *blindī | *blindijasai | *blindijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *blindīþi | *blindijai | *blindijaþau | *blindijaþai | *blindijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *blindijōs | *blindijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *blindijaþiz | *blindijaiþiz | *blindijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *blindijamaz | *blindijaim | — | *blindijanþai | *blindijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *blindīþ | *blindijaiþ | *blindīþ | *blindijanþai | *blindijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *blindijanþi | *blindijain | *blindijanþau | *blindijanþai | *blindijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *blindidǭ | *blindidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *blindidēz | *blindidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *blindidē | *blindidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *blindidēdū | *blindidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *blindidēdudiz | *blindidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *blindidēdum | *blindidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *blindidēdud | *blindidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *blindidēdun | *blindidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *blindijandz | *blindidaz | |||
Descendants
- Old Frisian: blinda
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gablindjan)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*blendjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48