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

Conjugation

Personal forms
IndicativeConditionalImperative
PresentImperfectPreteriteFuturePresentImperfect
1skavankavenkaviskavinkavfenkavjen-
2skavezkaveskavjoutkavikavfeskavjeskav
3skavkavekavaskavokavfekavjekavet
1pkavompkavempkavjompkavimpkavfempkavjempkavomp
2pkavitkavec'hkavjoc'hkavotkavfec'hkavjec'hkavit
3pkavontkaventkavjontkavintkavfentkavjentkavent
0kaverkavedkavjodkavorkavfedkavjed-
Impersonal formsMutated forms
Infinitive: kavout
Present participle: o kavout
Past participle: kavet (auxiliary verb: kaout but intransitive: bezañ)
Soft mutation after a: a gav-
Mixed mutation after e: e kav-
Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na gav-

Derived terms

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