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==== The verb ''ceàn'' ==== | ==== The verb ''ceàn'' ==== | ||
The verb ''ceàn, jcẁn, (no passive part.), cevn/ | The verb ''ceàn, jcẁn, (no passive part.), cevn/cvèn'' (from Arabic ''kāna'') is a regular hollow 2-w verb. Unlike in Irish, ''ceàn'' covers the senses of both Irish ''is'' and Irish ''bí''. | ||
In the present tense, | In the present tense, | ||
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The future form of ''ceàn'' is also used as a "habitual be". (''ncẁn'' = Scottish Gaelic ''bidh mi'' 'I (tend to) be, I will be') | The future form of ''ceàn'' is also used as a "habitual be". (''ncẁn'' = Scottish Gaelic ''bidh mi'' 'I (tend to) be, I will be') | ||
==== Modals ==== | ==== Modals ==== | ||
* ''eas{{cll}}d{{cll}}a{{3}}, jeas{{cll}}d{{cll}}a{{3}}, --, --, s{{cll}}d{{cll}}à{{3}}a'' 'can' (istiTā3a reanalyzed as Form IV) | * ''eas{{cll}}d{{cll}}a{{3}}, jeas{{cll}}d{{cll}}a{{3}}, --, --, s{{cll}}d{{cll}}à{{3}}a'' 'can' (istiTā3a reanalyzed as Form IV) | ||