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==Scottish== | ==Scottish== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
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''. | 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=== | ||
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# to [[wiktionary:be#English|be]] | # to [[wiktionary:be#English|be]] | ||
#:Til wes, or nae til wes, þat er þe spyrin. | #:Til wes, or nae til wes, þat er þe spyrin. | ||
#:: | #:: {{n-g|To be, or not to be, that is the question.}} | ||
====Inflection==== | ====Inflection==== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:40, 7 May 2026
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 |