Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slāpan

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *slēpaną.

Verb

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*slāpan[1]

  1. to sleep
    Synonym: *swefan

Inflection

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Strong class 7d
Infinitive *slāpan
1st sg. past *slēp
3rd pl. past *slēpun
Past ptcple *slāpan
Infinitive *slāpan
Genitive infin. *slāpannjas
Dative infin. *slāpannjē
Instrum. infin. *slāpannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *slāpu *slēp
2nd singular *slāpiʀi *slēpī
3rd singular *slāpidi *slēp
1st plural *slāpum *slēpum
2nd plural *slāpid *slēpud
3rd plural *slāpand *slēpun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *slāpē *slēpī
2nd singular *slāpēs *slēpī
3rd singular *slāpē *slēpī
1st plural *slāpēm *slēpīm
2nd plural *slāpēþ *slēpīd
3rd plural *slāpēn *slēpīn
Imperative Present
Singular *slāp
Plural *slāpid
Present Past
Participle *slāpandī *slāpan
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149:PWGmc *slāpan