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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/niitjaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *ne (“no, not”) + *-itjaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈni.it.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*niitjaną
- to say ‘no’, deny, refuse
Inflection
Conjugation of *niitjaną (weak class 1 j-present)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *niitjō | *niitjaų | — | *niitjai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *niitisi | *niitjais | *niiti | *niitjasai | *niitjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *niitiþi | *niitjai | *niitjaþau | *niitjaþai | *niitjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *niitjōs | *niitjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *niitjaþiz | *niitjaiþiz | *niitjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *niitjamaz | *niitjaim | — | *niitjanþai | *niitjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *niitiþ | *niitjaiþ | *niitiþ | *niitjanþai | *niitjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *niitjanþi | *niitjain | *niitjanþau | *niitjanþai | *niitjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *niistǭ | *niistēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *niistēz | *niistēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *niistē | *niistēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *niistēdū | *niistēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *niistēdudiz | *niistēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *niistēdum | *niistēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *niistēdud | *niistēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *niistēdun | *niistēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *niitjandz | *niistaz | |||
Antonyms
- *jahatjaną
Descendants
- Old English: (nǣtan)
- Old Norse: níta; neita
- Icelandic: neita
- Middle English: niten; naiten
- Scots: nyte, nite
- English: nait