-ū (3sg.)
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| Type: | inflectional |
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| Function: | 3rd person singular past |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Phonemic analysis: | -/ū/ |
| Attestation: | akitu, ieureu, karnitu, karnitus |
Commentary
Reanalysed as 3rd person singular past ending in inherited 3rd person singular reduplicated perfects from roots of the shape *CeH- → *Ce-CóH-e > CeCū (cf. tetu); see Eska 1990b: 110. The logic underlying the distribution of inherited -e and -ū in Continental Celtic is not evident.
Bibliography
| Eska 1990b | Joseph F. Eska, "Two notes on Continental Celtic", Études Celtiques 27 (1990), 191–195. |
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