Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-sketi
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti, which also originally carried iterative function.
Suffix
*-sketi
- (no longer productive) Found in some verbs of inchoative meaning.
Inflection
| Thematic present | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *skū | *skemam | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *skesi | *sketās | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *sketi | *sketo | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *skomosi | *skemo | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *sketesi | *skestē | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *skonti | *skento | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *ske | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *sketou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *skomos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *skete | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *skontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *skūr | — | ? | — |
| 2nd singular | *sketar | — | ? | — |
| 3rd singular | *sketor | ? | ? | — |
| 1st plural | *skommor | — | ? | — |
| 2nd plural | *skedwe | — | ? | — |
| 3rd plural | *skontor | ? | ? | — |
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
| Declension of the present participle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *skonts | *skonte | *skontes |
| vocative | *skonts | *skonte | *skontes |
| accusative | *skontam | *skonte | *skontans |
| genitive | *skantos | *? | *skantom |
| dative | *skantei | *skantbom | *skantbos |
| instrumental | *skantī? | *skantbim | *skantbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *skantī | *skantī | *skantiyās |
| vocative | *skantī | *skantī | *skantiyās |
| accusative | *skantīm | *skantī | *skantiyans |
| genitive | *skantyās | *? | *skantyom |
| dative | *skantyāi | *skantyābom | *skantyābos |
| instrumental | *? | *skantyābim | *skantyābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *skont | *? | *skonta |
| vocative | *skont | *? | *skonta |
| accusative | *skont | *? | *skonta |
| genitive | *skantos | *? | *skantom |
| dative | *skantei | *? | *skantbos |
| instrumental | *skantī? | *? | *skantbis |
| Declension of the middle participle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *skomnos | *skomnou | *skomnoi |
| vocative | *skomne | *skomnou | *skomnoi |
| accusative | *skomnom | *skomnou | *skomnons |
| genitive | *skomnī | *skomnous | *skomnom |
| dative | *skomnūi | *skomnobom | *skomnobos |
| instrumental | *skomnū | *skomnobim | *skomnobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *skomnā | *skomnai | *skomnās |
| vocative | *skomnā | *skomnai | *skomnās |
| accusative | *skomnam | *skomnai | *skomnans |
| genitive | *skomnās | *skomnous | *skomnom |
| dative | *skomnai | *skomnābom | *skomnābos |
| instrumental | *? | *skomnābim | *skomnābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *skomnom | *skomnou | *skomnā |
| vocative | *skomnom | *skomnou | *skomnā |
| accusative | *skomnom | *skomnou | *skomnā |
| genitive | *skomnī | *skomnous | *skomnom |
| dative | *skomnūi | *skomnobom | *skomnobos |
| instrumental | *skomnū | *skomnobim | *skomnobis |
Derived terms
Note: not all verbs follow the same inflection pattern.