"-et" meaning in Old English

See -et in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /et/
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-ati, *-iti, *-uti, from Proto-Germanic *-atją, *-itją, *-utją. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*-ati|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-West Germanic *-ati, {{inh+|ang|gmw-pro|*-ati}} Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-ati, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*-atją}} Proto-Germanic *-atją Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|g=n}} -et n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|-ett|nomsg=-et|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-et|-ettu|-et|-ettu|-ettes|-etta|-ette|-ettum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -et [nominative, singular], -ettu [nominative, plural], -et [accusative, singular], -ettu [accusative, plural], -ettes [genitive, singular], -etta [genitive, plural], -ette [dative, singular], -ettum [dative, plural], -ett [alternative], -ot [alternative], -ut [alternative], -yt [alternative]
  1. suffix forming nouns from verbs, adjectives, and other nouns (sometimes causing i-mutation), originally as the action of verbs ending in -ettan (“-ise”) (compare English -ism) Tags: morpheme, neuter
    Sense id: en--et-ang-suffix-rrZthHH1 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 20 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "thicket"
    }
  ],
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        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-ati",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-atją"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-atją",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-ati, *-iti, *-uti, from Proto-Germanic *-atją, *-itją, *-utją.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-et",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ettu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-et",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ettu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ettes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-etta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ette",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ettum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ett",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ot",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ut",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yt",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "-et n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ett",
        "nomsg": "-et",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-et",
        "2": "-ettu",
        "3": "-et",
        "4": "-ettu",
        "5": "-ettes",
        "6": "-etta",
        "7": "-ette",
        "8": "-ettum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 20 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "service, religious service, ministry",
          "text": "þēowot",
          "translation": "service, religious service, ministry",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "trench",
          "text": "grafet",
          "translation": "trench",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a burning, combustion, cauterizing",
          "text": "bærnet",
          "translation": "a burning, combustion, cauterizing",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "level ground, leveling",
          "text": "emnet",
          "translation": "level ground, leveling",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "thicket",
          "text": "þiccet",
          "translation": "thicket",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "rowing; ship, row-boat",
          "text": "rēwet",
          "translation": "rowing; ship, row-boat",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "space, clearance, extension",
          "text": "rȳmet",
          "translation": "space, clearance, extension",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "sleep; sleeping",
          "text": "swefet, sweofot",
          "translation": "sleep; sleeping",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "thicket of thorns, thorny place",
          "text": "þyrnet",
          "translation": "thicket of thorns, thorny place",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "suffix forming nouns from verbs, adjectives, and other nouns (sometimes causing i-mutation), originally as the action of verbs ending in -ettan (“-ise”) (compare English -ism)"
      ],
      "id": "en--et-ang-suffix-rrZthHH1",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ettan",
          "-ettan#Old_English"
        ],
        [
          "-ise",
          "-ise#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ism",
          "-ism#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/et/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-et"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "thicket"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
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    },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-atją"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-ati, *-iti, *-uti, from Proto-Germanic *-atją, *-itją, *-utją.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-et",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ettu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-et",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ettu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ettes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-etta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ette",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ettum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ett",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ot",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ut",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yt",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "-et n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ett",
        "nomsg": "-et",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-et",
        "2": "-ettu",
        "3": "-et",
        "4": "-ettu",
        "5": "-ettes",
        "6": "-etta",
        "7": "-ette",
        "8": "-ettum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
        "Old English neuter suffixes",
        "Old English suffixes",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 20 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "service, religious service, ministry",
          "text": "þēowot",
          "translation": "service, religious service, ministry",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "trench",
          "text": "grafet",
          "translation": "trench",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a burning, combustion, cauterizing",
          "text": "bærnet",
          "translation": "a burning, combustion, cauterizing",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "level ground, leveling",
          "text": "emnet",
          "translation": "level ground, leveling",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "thicket",
          "text": "þiccet",
          "translation": "thicket",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "rowing; ship, row-boat",
          "text": "rēwet",
          "translation": "rowing; ship, row-boat",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "space, clearance, extension",
          "text": "rȳmet",
          "translation": "space, clearance, extension",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "sleep; sleeping",
          "text": "swefet, sweofot",
          "translation": "sleep; sleeping",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "thicket of thorns, thorny place",
          "text": "þyrnet",
          "translation": "thicket of thorns, thorny place",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix forming nouns from verbs, adjectives, and other nouns (sometimes causing i-mutation), originally as the action of verbs ending in -ettan (“-ise”) (compare English -ism)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ettan",
          "-ettan#Old_English"
        ],
        [
          "-ise",
          "-ise#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ism",
          "-ism#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/et/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-et"
}

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