Active Voice
Indicative Present
| 1st sing. | mōt |
| 2nd sing. | mōst |
| 3rd sing. | mōt |
| 1st dual | mōtū |
| 2nd dual | mōtudiz |
| 1st plur. | mōtum |
| 2nd plur. | mōtud |
| 3rd plur. | mōtun |
Indicative Past
| 1st sing. | mōsǭ |
| 2nd sing. | mōsēz |
| 3rd sing. | mōsē |
| 1st dual | mōsēdū |
| 2nd dual | mōsēdudiz |
| 1st plur. | mōsēdum |
| 2nd plur. | mōsēdud |
| 3rd plur. | mōsēdun |
Subjunctive Present
| 1st sing. | mōtį̄ |
| 2nd sing. | mōtīz |
| 3rd sing. | mōtī |
| 1st dual | mōtīw |
| 2nd dual | mōtīdiz |
| 1st plur. | mōtīm |
| 2nd plur. | mōtīd |
| 3rd plur. | mōtīn |
Subjunctive Past
| 1st sing. | mōsēdį̄ |
| 2nd sing. | mōsēdīz |
| 3rd sing. | mōsēdī |
| 1st dual | mōsēdīw |
| 2nd dual | mōsēdīdiz |
| 1st plur. | mōsēdīm |
| 2nd plur. | mōsēdīd |
| 3rd plur. | mōsēdīn |
Imperative
Etymology
A preterite-present derived from a secondary perfect of *mḗd-e-ti (“to measure, ensure compliance, take care of”): *me-mṓd-e (literally “to have measured, taken care of”). Alternatively, from the same root as *mōtą (“meeting”).
Verbs referencing "mōtaną"
English
must, English
mote, Old English
motan, Dutch
moeten, Afrikaans
moet, Middle English
moten, Hunsrik
misse, Cimbrian missan, Ukrainian
мусити, Alemannic German
müese, Frisian, Northern mötje.
Cognates
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