𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Cognate with Old English etan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈitan/

Verb

𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 • (itan)

1. to eat

Conjugation

The past singular is anomalous and has long 𐌴 (ē) rather than the expected short 𐌰 (a).

Class 5 strong, irregular
Infinitive	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 itan
Indicative	Present	Past	Present passive
1st singular	𐌹𐍄𐌰 ita	𐌴𐍄 ēt	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰 itada
2nd singular	𐌹𐍄𐌹𐍃 itis	𐌴𐍃𐍄 ēst	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌶𐌰 itaza
3rd singular	𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌸 itiþ	𐌴𐍄 ēt	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰 itada
1st dual	𐌹𐍄𐍉𐍃 itōs	𐌴𐍄𐌿 ētu	—
2nd dual	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐍄𐍃 itats	𐌴𐍄𐌿𐍄𐍃 ētuts	—
1st plural	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌼 itam	𐌴𐍄𐌿𐌼 ētum	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 itanda
2nd plural	𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌸 itiþ	𐌴𐍄𐌿𐌸 ētuþ	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 itanda
3rd plural	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳 itand	𐌴𐍄𐌿𐌽 ētun	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 itanda
Subjunctive	Present	Past	Present passive
1st singular	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌿 itau	𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌿 ētjau	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 itaidau
2nd singular	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍃 itais	𐌴𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 ēteis	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌿 itaizau
3rd singular	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹 itai	𐌴𐍄𐌹 ēti	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 itaidau
1st dual	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 itaiwa	𐌴𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰 ēteiwa	—
2nd dual	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 itaits	𐌴𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 ēteits	—
1st plural	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰 itaima	𐌴𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 ēteima	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 itaindau
2nd plural	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌸 itaiþ	𐌴𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌸 ēteiþ	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 itaindau
3rd plural	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 itaina	𐌴𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 ēteina	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 itaindau
Imperative
2nd singular	𐌹𐍄 it
3rd singular	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿 itadau
2nd dual	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐍄𐍃 itats
2nd plural	𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌸 itiþ
3rd plural	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 itandau
	Present	Past
Participles	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 itands	𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 itans

Synonyms

• 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (matjan)

Derived terms

• 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraitan)

Related terms

• 𐌰𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰 (afētja)
• 𐌿𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌰 (uzēta)