*flakurōną

Runic: ᚠᛚᚨᚲᚢᚱᛟᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸlɑ.ku.rɔː.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 2

Meanings

  1. to beat repeatedly
  2. to flutter

Etymology

Built from the verbal adjective *flakuraz (‘flickering; fluttering; shaking, wavering’) + *-ōną (forms Weak class 2 verbs from adjectives). Grestenberger et al. (in press) cover Proto-Germanic iterative r-verbs in-depth and argue that they arose through the reanalysis of adjectival *(V)r-morphology as an event-modifying verbal suffix.

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularflakurōflakurǭ–
2nd singularflakurōsiflakurōsflakurō
3rd singularflakurōþiflakurōflakurōþau
1st dualflakurōsflakurōw–
2nd dualflakurōþizflakurōþizflakurōþiz
1st pluralflakurōmazflakurōm–
2nd pluralflakurōþflakurōþflakurōþ
3rd pluralflakurōnþiflakurōnflakurōnþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularflakurōi–
2nd singularflakurōsaiflakurōsau
3rd singularflakurōþaiflakurōþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralflakurōnþaiflakurōnþau
2nd pluralflakurōnþaiflakurōnþau
3rd pluralflakurōnþaiflakurōnþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularflakurōdǭflakurōdēdį̄
2nd singularflakurōdēzflakurōdēdīz
3rd singularflakurōdēflakurōdēdī
1st dualflakurōdēdūflakurōdēdīw
2nd dualflakurōdēdudizflakurōdēdīdiz
1st pluralflakurōdēdumflakurōdēdīm
2nd pluralflakurōdēdudflakurōdēdīd
3rd pluralflakurōdēdunflakurōdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
flakurōną flakurōndz flakurōdaz

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Descendants

  • *flakurōn, flakkurōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flakkuron (Old Dutch)
      • vlackeren (Middle Dutch)
        • flakkeren (Dutch)
  • *flakurōn, flakkurōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flacorian (Old English)
      • flakeren (Middle English)
        • flacker (English)
        • flecker (Scots)
  • *flakurōn, flakkurōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flakeria (Old Frisian)
      • flakkerje (Saterland Frisian)
      • flakkerje (West Frisian)
  • *flakurōn, flakkurōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flakkarōn, *flackarōn (Old High German)
      • flackeren, vlackeren, vlackern (Middle High German)
        • flackern, flacken (German)
  • *flakurōn, flakkurōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *flakarōn (Old Saxon)
      • *vlakeren, *vlackeren (Middle Low German)
        • flackern (Low German)
  • flǫkra (Old Norse)
    • flagre (Danish)
    • flakra (Faroese)
    • flökra, flögra (Icelandic)
    • flakre (Norwegian)

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