Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/damnāti

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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (to subdue, tame).[1]

Verb[edit]

*damnāti

  1. to subdue, bind

Inflection[edit]

Athematic h₂-root nasal-infix present, suffixless preterite
Active voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *damnāmi *damnamam ? ?
2nd singular *damnāsi *damnatās ? ?
3rd singular *damnāti *damnato ? ?
1st plural *damnamosi *damnamo ? ?
2nd plural *damnatesi *damnastē ? ?
3rd plural *damnanti *damnanto ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ? ?
2nd singular ? ? *damnā
3rd singular ? ? *damnātou
1st plural ? ? *damnamos
2nd plural ? ? *damnate
3rd plural ? ? *damnantou
Passive voice
Present Imperfect Future Preterite
1st singular *damnār ?
2nd singular *damnātar ?
3rd singular *damnātor ? ?
1st plural *damnammor ?
2nd plural *damnadwe ?
3rd plural *damnantor ? ?
Pres. subjunctive Past subjunctive Imperative
1st singular ?
2nd singular ?
3rd singular ?
1st plural ?
2nd plural ?
3rd plural ?

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Irish: damnaid (to subdue)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dam-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 88