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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *ambi- + *suweti, from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to move”) (compare Hittite [script needed] (šuwezzi) and Sanskrit सुवति (suváti)).[1]
Verb
*ambisuweti
- to turn around
- to doubt
Inflection
| Thematic present, suffixless preterite
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| Active voice
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Present
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Imperfect
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Future
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Preterite
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| 1st singular
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*ambisuwū
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*ambisuwemam
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*ambisisūsū
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*ambisesowa
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| 2nd singular
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*ambisuwesi
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*ambisuwetās
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*ambisisūsesi
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*ambisesowas?
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| 3rd singular
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*ambisuweti
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*ambisuweto
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*ambisisūseti
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*ambisesowe
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| 1st plural
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*ambisuwomosi
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*ambisuwemo
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*ambisisūsomosi
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*ambisesowmo
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| 2nd plural
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*ambisuwetesi
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*ambisuwestē
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*ambisisūsetesi
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*ambisesowe
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| 3rd plural
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*ambisuwonti
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*ambisuwento
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*ambisisūsonti
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*ambisesowars
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Pres. subjunctive
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Past subjunctive
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Imperative
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| 1st singular
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*ambisowasū
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?
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—
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| 2nd singular
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*ambisowasesi
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?
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*ambisuwe
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| 3rd singular
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*ambisowaseti
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?
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*ambisuwetou
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| 1st plural
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*ambisowasomosi
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?
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*ambisuwomos
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| 2nd plural
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*ambisowasetesi
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?
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*ambisuwete
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| 3rd plural
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*ambisowasonti
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?
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*ambisuwontou
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| Passive voice
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Present
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Imperfect
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Future
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Preterite
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| 1st singular
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*ambisuwūr
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—
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*ambisisūsūr
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*ambisesowra
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| 2nd singular
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*ambisuwetar
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—
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*ambisisūsetar
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*ambisesowras?
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| 3rd singular
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*ambisuwetor
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?
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*ambisisūsetor
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*ambisesowre
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| 1st plural
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*ambisuwommor
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—
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*ambisisūsommor
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?
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| 2nd plural
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*ambisuwedwe
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—
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*ambisisūsedwe
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?
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| 3rd plural
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*ambisuwontor
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?
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*ambisisūsontor
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?
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Pres. subjunctive
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Past subjunctive
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Imperative
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| 1st singular
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*ambisowasūr
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—
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—
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| 2nd singular
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*ambisowasetar
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—
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—
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| 3rd singular
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*ambisowasetor
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—
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—
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| 1st plural
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*ambisowasommor
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—
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—
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| 2nd plural
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*ambisowasedwe
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—
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—
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| 3rd plural
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*ambisowasontor
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—
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—
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| Declension of the present participle
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambisuwonts
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*ambisuwonte
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*ambisuwontes
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| vocative
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*ambisuwonts
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*ambisuwonte
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*ambisuwontes
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| accusative
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*ambisuwontam
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*ambisuwonte
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*ambisuwontans
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| genitive
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*ambisuwantos
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*?
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*ambisuwantom
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| dative
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*ambisuwantei
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*ambisuwantbom
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*ambisuwantbos
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| instrumental
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*ambisuwantī?
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*ambisuwantbim
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*ambisuwantbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambisuwantī
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*ambisuwantī
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*ambisuwantiyās
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| vocative
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*ambisuwantī
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*ambisuwantī
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*ambisuwantiyās
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| accusative
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*ambisuwantīm
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*ambisuwantī
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*ambisuwantiyans
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| genitive
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*ambisuwantyās
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*?
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*ambisuwantyom
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| dative
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*ambisuwantyāi
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*ambisuwantyābom
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*ambisuwantyābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*ambisuwantyābim
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*ambisuwantyābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambisuwont
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*?
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*ambisuwonta
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| vocative
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*ambisuwont
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*?
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*ambisuwonta
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| accusative
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*ambisuwont
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*?
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*ambisuwonta
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| genitive
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*ambisuwantos
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*?
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*ambisuwantom
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| dative
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*ambisuwantei
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*?
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*ambisuwantbos
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| instrumental
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*ambisuwantī?
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*?
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*ambisuwantbis
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| Declension of the middle participle
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambisuwomnos
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*ambisuwomnou
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*ambisuwomnoi
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| vocative
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*ambisuwomne
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*ambisuwomnou
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*ambisuwomnoi
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| accusative
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*ambisuwomnom
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*ambisuwomnou
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*ambisuwomnons
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| genitive
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*ambisuwomnī
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*ambisuwomnous
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*ambisuwomnom
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| dative
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*ambisuwomnūi
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*ambisuwomnobom
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*ambisuwomnobos
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| instrumental
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*ambisuwomnū
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*ambisuwomnobim
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*ambisuwomnobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambisuwomnā
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*ambisuwomnai
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*ambisuwomnās
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| vocative
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*ambisuwomnā
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*ambisuwomnai
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*ambisuwomnās
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| accusative
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*ambisuwomnam
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*ambisuwomnai
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*ambisuwomnans
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| genitive
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*ambisuwomnās
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*ambisuwomnous
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*ambisuwomnom
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| dative
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*ambisuwomnai
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*ambisuwomnābom
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*ambisuwomnābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*ambisuwomnābim
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*ambisuwomnābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambisuwomnom
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*ambisuwomnou
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*ambisuwomnā
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| vocative
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*ambisuwomnom
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*ambisuwomnou
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*ambisuwomnā
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| accusative
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*ambisuwomnom
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*ambisuwomnou
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*ambisuwomnā
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| genitive
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*ambisuwomnī
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*ambisuwomnous
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*ambisuwomnom
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| dative
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*ambisuwomnūi
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*ambisuwomnobom
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*ambisuwomnobos
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| instrumental
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*ambisuwomnū
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*ambisuwomnobim
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*ambisuwomnobis
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| Declension of the past participle
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambisūtos
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*ambisūtou
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*ambisūtoi
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| vocative
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*ambisūte
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*ambisūtou
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*ambisūtoi
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| accusative
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*ambisūtom
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*ambisūtou
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*ambisūtons
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| genitive
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*ambisūtī
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*ambisūtous
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*ambisūtom
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| dative
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*ambisūtūi
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*ambisūtobom
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*ambisūtobos
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| instrumental
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*ambisūtū
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*ambisūtobim
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*ambisūtobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambisūtā
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*ambisūtai
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*ambisūtās
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| vocative
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*ambisūtā
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*ambisūtai
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*ambisūtās
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| accusative
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*ambisūtam
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*ambisūtai
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*ambisūtans
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| genitive
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*ambisūtās
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*ambisūtous
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*ambisūtom
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| dative
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*ambisūtai
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*ambisūtābom
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*ambisūtābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*ambisūtābim
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*ambisūtābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambisūtom
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*ambisūtou
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*ambisūtā
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| vocative
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*ambisūtom
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*ambisūtou
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*ambisūtā
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| accusative
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*ambisūtom
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*ambisūtou
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*ambisūtā
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| genitive
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*ambisūtī
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*ambisūtous
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*ambisūtom
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| dative
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*ambisūtūi
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*ambisūtobom
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*ambisūtobos
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| instrumental
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*ambisūtū
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*ambisūtobim
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*ambisūtobis
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Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *amhow (prototonic)
- Old Irish: imm·soí
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*suw-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 360