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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gafehan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fehaną.
Verb
*gafehan[1]
- to rejoice
Inflection
| Strong class 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *gafehan | |
| 1st sg. past | *gafah | |
| 3rd pl. past | *gafāgun | |
| Past ptcple | *gafegan | |
| Infinitive | *gafehan | |
| Genitive infin. | *gafehannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *gafehannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *gafehannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *gafehu | *gafah |
| 2nd singular | *gafihiʀi | *gafāgī |
| 3rd singular | *gafihidi | *gafah |
| 1st plural | *gafehum | *gafāgum |
| 2nd plural | *gafihid | *gafāgud |
| 3rd plural | *gafehand | *gafāgun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *gafehē | *gafāgī |
| 2nd singular | *gafehēs | *gafāgī |
| 3rd singular | *gafehē | *gafāgī |
| 1st plural | *gafehēm | *gafāgīm |
| 2nd plural | *gafehēþ | *gafāgīd |
| 3rd plural | *gafehēn | *gafāgīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *gafeh | |
| Plural | *gafihid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *gafehandī | *gafegan |
Descendants
- Old English: ġefēon, ġefeohan
- Old High German: gifehan
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *gafehan”