gortos

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish gortos, from Proto-Brythonic *gwörtwoss, from Proto-Celtic *uɸor-ati-woseti.[1] Cognate with Breton gortoz.

Verb

gortos

  1. to stay, wait, remain
    Synonyms: remaynya, triga
  2. to await, expect
    Synonym: gwaytyas

Conjugation

Conjugation of gortos
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
indicative present/future gortav gortydh gorta gortyn gortowgh gortons gortir
preterite gortis gortsys gortas gortsyn gortsowgh gortsons gortas
imperfect gorten gortes gorta gorten gortewgh gortens gortys
pluperfect gortsen gortses gortsa gortsen gortsewgh gortsens gortsys
subjunctive present/future gortiv gorti gorto gortyn gortowgh gortons gorter
imperfect gorten gortes gorta gorten gortewgh gortens gortys
imperative — gorta gortes gortyn gortewgh gortens —
non-finites present participle ow kortos verbal adjective gortys

Derived terms

  • gortos barnans (“awaiting authorisation”)
  • gortosva (“waiting room”)

Noun

gortos m

  1. wait

Mutation

Mutation of gortos
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
gortos wortos unchanged kortos hwortos wortos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004), Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Meid, →ISBN, page 703
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