duginnan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: strong verb (3)

to begin

Etymology

[← du- pref + *ginnan v (← Prot-Germ *gennan); cf OE áȝinnan, beȝinnan, onȝinnan (Mod E begin); O Sax andginnan, biginnan; Dt beginnen; OHG biginnan (Mod G beginnen)]

Concordance

duginna – 1 pers, sing, pres, indicat- Philip. I, 18
duginnam - 1 pers, pl, pres, indicat - Cor. II, III, 1
duginnid - 2 pers, pl, pres, indicat - Luk. VI, 25
duginnaiþ - 2 pers, pl, pres, optat - Luk. III, 8
duginnaina - 2 pers, pl, pres, optat - Luk. XIV, 29
dugann - 3 pers, sing, p, indicat - Matth. XI, 7; XI, 20; XXVI, 74; Mrk. I, 45 etc
dugunnuþ - 2 pers, pl, p, indicat - Cor. II, VIII, 10
dugunnun - 3 pers, pl, p, indicat - Mrk. II, 23; V, 17; VI, 55; VIII, 11 etc

Paradigm

4.1.1.3.

In the combination sonant + occlusive, r, l, m, n were initially syllable-forming sounds, but already in the Common Germanic period, before r, l, m, n there began to appear the so-called epenthetic (inserted) vowel, which in Gothic always produced [-u-]

III class	infinitive	preterite singular	preterite plural	past participle
III class	normal grade	normal grade	zero grade	zero grade
i/ă	-i-	-a-	zero	zero
additional element of vowel gradation for this class is sonant + any consonant, e.g. -nd-, -rþ-, etc.	i + nd = ind	a + nd = and	^epenthetic u + nd = und	^epenthetic u + nd = und
to bind; to tie	bindan	band	bundum	bundans
	i + rþ = airþ [-ɛ-]	a + rþ = arþ	^epenthetic au [-o-] + rþ = aurþ [-orþ-]	^epenthetic au [-o-] + rþ = aurþ [-orþ-]
to become, turn into something	wairþan [-ɛ-]	warþ	waúrþum [-o-]	waúrþans [-o-]

See the complete paradigm of the conjugation of strong verbs

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