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      Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sistati
Proto-Celtic
    
    Etymology
    
Inflection
    
The a-coloured thematic present is due to Schumacher, who prefers it over an athematic conjugation to account for the verb failing to form an A I verb in Old Irish.[1] The verb was reformed to *sisteti in Insular Celtic.
| Thematic present with a-colouring, suffixless preterite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *sistū | *sistamam | ? | *sestū | 
| 2nd singular | *sistasi | *sistatās | ? | *sestūs | 
| 3rd singular | *sistati | *sistato | ? | *sestū | 
| 1st plural | *sistomosi | *sistamo | ? | *sestamo | 
| 2nd plural | *sistatesi | *sistastē | ? | *sestate | 
| 3rd plural | *sistonti | *sistanto | ? | *sestar | 
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | ? | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | ? | *sista | |
| 3rd singular | ? | ? | *sistatou | |
| 1st plural | ? | ? | *sistomos | |
| 2nd plural | ? | ? | *sistate | |
| 3rd plural | ? | ? | *sistontou | |
| Passive voice | ||||
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Preterite | |
| 1st singular | *sistūr | — | ? | — | 
| 2nd singular | *sistatar | — | ? | — | 
| 3rd singular | *sistator | ? | ? | — | 
| 1st plural | *sistommor | — | ? | — | 
| 2nd plural | *sistadwe | — | ? | — | 
| 3rd plural | *sistontor | ? | ? | — | 
| Pres. subjunctive | Past subjunctive | Imperative | ||
| 1st singular | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | ? | — | — | |
| 1st plural | ? | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | ? | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | ? | — | — | |
Derived terms
    
- *ɸare-sistati
- Old Irish: ar·sissedar
- ⇒ *to-ɸare-sistati
- Old Irish: do·airissedar
 
 
- *uɸo-sistati
- Old Irish: fo·sisedar
 
- *sistamus
References
    
- 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: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 572
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