Strong non-lemma forms

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It should be noted in the lemma form's page, as on *dōną.

Rua (mew)15:48, 3 October 2017

Why? There is no reason for this. Each of these non-lemma forms have received individual attention from linguists through the last two centuries. They need to have this information on their own pages.

128.84.127.22315:51, 3 October 2017

Non-lemma pages are kept as minimal as possible. Etymological information is consolidated on the lemma page. This is the standard practice for cases where a lemma has multiple distinct origins. Compare koelen, durven.

Rua (mew)15:54, 3 October 2017

Are these not weak verbs? There is no form to memorize, they are regularly derived. This is in contrast to the case with the forms I mentioned.

128.84.127.22315:58, 3 October 2017

Strong verbs are also regularly derived.

Even so, here's some suppletive verbs for your comparing: go, be, zijn.

Rua (mew)16:01, 3 October 2017