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There are only six inflected lexical verbs (i.e. verbs with inflected past and future forms): | There are only six inflected lexical verbs (i.e. verbs with inflected past and future forms): | ||
*''juð'' 'to be' (the past form ''han'' is cognate to Arabic ''kāna'') | *''juð'' 'to be' (the past form ''han'' is cognate to Arabic ''kāna'') | ||
*''fluð'' 'to do' (from *ʕaśō, with contamination from * | *''fluð'' 'to do' (from *ʕaśō, with contamination from *paȝal) | ||
*''buð'' 'to come' (with suppletion of * | *''buð'' 'to come' (with suppletion of *hatō and *bô); ''bu'' is still used as a directional | ||
*''laht'' 'to go' (from * | *''laht'' 'to go' (from *halak) | ||
*''kaht'' 'to take' (from * | *''kaht'' 'to take' (from *laqaħ) | ||
*''ðeht'' 'to give' (from * | *''ðeht'' 'to give' (from *natan, with contamination from *hinīH 'to leave' and naHHil 'to bequeath') | ||
The finite forms have become more similar to each other due to analogy. | The finite forms have become more similar to each other due to analogy. | ||