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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swabjaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *swefaną + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɑβ.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*swabjaną
- to put to sleep
Inflection
Conjugation of *swabjaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *swabjō | *swabjaų | — | *swabjai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *swabisi | *swabjais | *swabi | *swabjasai | *swabjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *swabiþi | *swabjai | *swabjaþau | *swabjaþai | *swabjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *swabjōs | *swabjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *swabjaþiz | *swabjaiþiz | *swabjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *swabjamaz | *swabjaim | — | *swabjanþai | *swabjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *swabiþ | *swabjaiþ | *swabiþ | *swabjanþai | *swabjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *swabjanþi | *swabjain | *swabjanþau | *swabjanþai | *swabjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *swabidǭ | *swabidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *swabidēz | *swabidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *swabidē | *swabidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *swabidēdū | *swabidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *swabidēdudiz | *swabidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *swabidēdum | *swabidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *swabidēdud | *swabidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *swabidēdun | *swabidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *swabjandz | *swabidaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: swebban
- Middle English: swebben
- English: sweb
- Middle English: swebben
- Old Saxon: swebbian
- Old Dutch: swevon (possibly)
- Old High German: swbben, sweppen
- ⇒ Old High German: inswebben
- Old Norse: svefja
- Icelandic: svefja