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==Scottish== | ==Scottish== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Old English ''[[wiktionary:wesan#Old_English|wesan]]'', from Proto-Germanic ''[[wiktionary:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wesaną|wesaną]]'', and by convergence with North Germanic ''vera''/''vara''. | From [[wikipedia:Old English|Old English]] ''[[wiktionary:wesan#Old_English|wesan]]'', from [[wikipedia:Proto-Germanic|Proto-Germanic]] ''[[wiktionary:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wesaną|wesaną]]'', and by convergence with North Germanic ''vera''/''vara''. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
Revision as of 05:46, 1 March 2020
Scottish
Etymology
From Old English wesan, from Proto-Germanic wesaną, and by convergence with North Germanic vera/vara.
Pronunciation
(Scottish) IPA: /wɛz/
Verb
wes (imperative be, participle been, gerund beind)
- to be
- Til wes, or nae til wes, þat er þe spyrin.
- To be, or not to be, that is the question.
- Til wes, or nae til wes, þat er þe spyrin.
Inflection
| Pres | Past | Subj | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1SG | em | wis | be |
| 2SG | ert | wist | beest |
| 3SG | er | wus | bees |
| 1PL | er | wus | been |
| 2PL | er | wust | been |
| 3PL | er | wus | been |