am- (after another prefix-sam-,before consonantsa̱-,class III first-person singular)
class I | class II | class III | class N | imperative | |||||||||
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+s | +C | +V | +C/i | +a/o | +C | +V | +C | +V | +C | +V | |||
first-person | singular | initial | -li | sa- | si- | a̱- | am- | ak- | n/a | ||||
medial | -sa- | -sam- | |||||||||||
paucal | ī- | il- | pi- | pi̱- | pim- | kī- | kil- | ||||||
plural | hapi- | hapi̱- | hapim- | ||||||||||
second-person | singular | is- | ish- | chi- | chi̱- | chim- | chik- | ∅ | |||||
plural | has- | hash- | hachi- | hachi̱- | hachim- | hachik- | ho- | oh- | |||||
third-person | ∅ | ∅ | i̱- | im- | ik- |
am-
Probably froma(demonstrative pronoun) +-m(pronoun-forming suffix). It cannot be attested as an independent term. A direct derivation fromám is less likely.[1]
am-
FromProto-Celtic*am-, allophonic variant of*an- before*b and*ɸ.
With lenitedm:
With unlenitedm:
am-
The lenited form is used beforer,l, andn as well as a few vowel-initial forms that started with *ɸ in Proto-Celtic. The unlenited form is used beforeb andp.[1]
Fromam(“about”).
am-
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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am- | unchanged | unchanged | ham- |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.