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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blējaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-ye-ti, from *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat”). Cognate with Latin fleō (“to cry, weep”), Latvian blēt (“to bleat”), Russian бле́ять (bléjatʹ, “to bleat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɛː.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *blējaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *blējō | *blējaų | — | *blējai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *blēisi | *blējais | *blēi | *blējasai | *blējaisau |
| 3rd singular | *blēiþi | *blējai | *blējaþau | *blējaþai | *blējaiþau |
| 1st dual | *blējōs | *blējaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *blējaþiz | *blējaiþiz | *blējaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *blējamaz | *blējaim | — | *blējanþai | *blējainþau |
| 2nd plural | *blēiþ | *blējaiþ | *blēiþ | *blējanþai | *blējainþau |
| 3rd plural | *blējanþi | *blējain | *blējanþau | *blējanþai | *blējainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *blēidǭ | *blēidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *blēidēz | *blēidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *blēidē | *blēidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *blēidēdū | *blēidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *blēidēdudiz | *blēidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *blēidēdum | *blēidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *blēidēdud | *blēidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *blēidēdun | *blēidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *blējandz | *blēidaz | |||
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*blējan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*blējanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 49
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