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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murgijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *murguz (“short, brief”) + *-janą
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmur.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*murgijaną[1]
- to shorten
- (of time or duration) to be spend leisurely or pleasurably
Inflection
Conjugation of *murgijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *murgijō | *murgijaų | — | *murgijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *murgīsi | *murgijais | *murgī | *murgijasai | *murgijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *murgīþi | *murgijai | *murgijaþau | *murgijaþai | *murgijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *murgijōs | *murgijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *murgijaþiz | *murgijaiþiz | *murgijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *murgijamaz | *murgijaim | — | *murgijanþai | *murgijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *murgīþ | *murgijaiþ | *murgīþ | *murgijanþai | *murgijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *murgijanþi | *murgijain | *murgijanþau | *murgijanþai | *murgijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *murgidǭ | *murgidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *murgidēz | *murgidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *murgidē | *murgidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *murgidēdū | *murgidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *murgidēdudiz | *murgidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *murgidēdum | *murgidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *murgidēdud | *murgidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *murgidēdun | *murgidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *murgijandz | *murgidaz | |||
Descendants
- West Germanic: *murgijan
- Old English: myrgan
- Middle English: mirien, murgen
- Old English: myrgan
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gamaurgjan)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*murgjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 276