kavout

Breton

Alternative forms
  • kavoud

Etymology

From Middle Breton caffout, from Proto-Celtic *kab-ei-tu (compare Cornish kavos), verbal noun of *kab- (compare Welsh cael), alteration of Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pi- (compare Latin capere, English have, heave, Albanian kap).

Verb

kavout

  1. (transitive) to find
  2. (transitive) to meet up with
  3. (reflexive, intransitive, reflexive form: en em gavout) to be at a place, find oneself

Inflection
  Mutation of kavout  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixed
kavout gavout c'havout unchanged unchanged

Conjugation
Conjugation of kavout
Personal forms
Indicative Conditional Imperative
Present Imperfect Preterite Future Present Imperfect
1s kavan kaven kavis kavin kavfen kavjen -
2s kavez kaves kavjout kavi kavfes kavjes kav
3s kav kave kavas kavo kavfe kavje kavet
1p kavomp kavemp kavjomp kavimp kavfemp kavjemp kavomp
2p kavit kavec'h kavjoc'h kavot kavfec'h kavjec'h kavit
3p kavont kavent kavjont kavint kavfent kavjent kavent
0 kaver kaved kavjod kavor kavfed kavjed -
Impersonal forms Mutated forms
Infinitive kavout Soft mutation after a a gav-
Present participle o kavout Mixed mutation after e e kav-
Past participle kavet (auxiliary verb: kaout but intransitive: bezañ) Soft mutation after ne/na ne/na gav-

Derived terms
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