*bigetaną

Runic: ᛒᛁᚷᛖᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˌbi.ˈɣe.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 5

Meanings

  1. to get anew, to beget
  2. to reach, to find, to discover

Etymology

From *bi- (‘by, at’; a general locative prefix) + *getaną (‘acquire, get, receive, hold’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularbigetōbigetaų–
2nd singularbigitizibigetaizbiget
3rd singularbigitidibigetaibigetadau
1st dualbigetōzbigetaiw–
2nd dualbigetadizbigetaidizbigetadiz
1st pluralbigetamazbigetaim–
2nd pluralbigitidbigetaidbigitid
3rd pluralbigetandibigetainbigetandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularbigetai–
2nd singularbigetazaibigetaizau
3rd singularbigetadaibigetaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralbigetandaibigetaindau
2nd pluralbigetandaibigetaindau
3rd pluralbigetandaibigetaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularbigatbigētį̄
2nd singularbigastbigētīz
3rd singularbigatbigētī
1st dualbigētūbigētīw
2nd dualbigētudizbigētīdiz
1st pluralbigētumbigētīm
2nd pluralbigētudbigētīd
3rd pluralbigētunbigētīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
bigetaną bigetandz bigetanaz

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Descendants

  • *bigetan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bigetan (Old Dutch)
      • begēten (Middle Dutch)
  • *bigetan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • beġietan (Old English)
      • beget (English)
  • *bigetan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bigezzan (Old High German)
    • bigetan (Old Saxon)
  • 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan) (Gothic)

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