Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maþlijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *maþlą (“speech, gathering, legal case”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑθ.li.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*maþlijaną
- to speak
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *maþlijō | *maþlijaų | — | *maþlijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *maþlīsi | *maþlijais | *maþlī | *maþlijasai | *maþlijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *maþlīþi | *maþlijai | *maþlijaþau | *maþlijaþai | *maþlijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *maþlijōs | *maþlijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *maþlijaþiz | *maþlijaiþiz | *maþlijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *maþlijamaz | *maþlijaim | — | *maþlijanþai | *maþlijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *maþlīþ | *maþlijaiþ | *maþlīþ | *maþlijanþai | *maþlijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *maþlijanþi | *maþlijain | *maþlijanþau | *maþlijanþai | *maþlijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *maþlidǭ | *maþlidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *maþlidēz | *maþlidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *maþlidē | *maþlidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *maþlidēdū | *maþlidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *maþlidēdudiz | *maþlidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *maþlidēdum | *maþlidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *maþlidēdud | *maþlidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *maþlidēdun | *maþlidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *maþlijandz | *maþlidaz | ||||