ecan

Marrucinian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ek.

Pronoun

ecan

  1. this

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “-ce”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
  • Michiel de Vaan (2015), “Reduplicated demonstratives in ancient Indo-European languages”, in Transactions of the Philological Society‎[1], volume 113, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 6
  • Rex Wallace (1984), The Sabellian Languages‎[2], page 106

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.t͡ʃɑn/

Etymology 1

Adjective

ēċan

  1. inflection of ēċe:
    1. weak accusative masculine/feminine singular
    2. weak genitive/dative/instrumental masculine/feminine/neuter singular
    3. weak nominative/accusative masculine/feminine/neuter plural

Etymology 2

Verb

ēċan (Anglian)

  1. alternative form of īeċan
Conjugation
Conjugation of ēċan (weak class 1 Anglian)

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infinitive ēċan¹ ēċenne, ēċanne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ēċu, ēċe ēhte
second person singular ēċes³ ēhtes³
third person singular ēcþ² ēhte
plural ēċaþ² ēhtun, ēhton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ēċe ēhte
plural ēċen¹ ēhten¹
imperative
singular ēċ
plural ēċaþ²
participle present past
ēċende (ġe)ēht

¹In Northumbrian, final -n was regularly lost from these forms
²In Late Northumbrian, final -þ was frequently changed to -s
³In Mercian, final -t was sometimes added to these forms due to West Saxon influence

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