Active participles in Baltic

Frederik Kortlandt

doi:10.15388/Baltistica.53.1.2339

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Frederik Kortlandt

Leiden University

Published 2026-01-28

https://doi.org/10.15388/Baltistica.53.1.2339

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Baltic
Indo-European
historical morphology
active participle

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Kortlandt, F. (tran.) (2026) “Active participles in Baltic”, Baltistica, 53(1), pp. 17–19. doi:10.15388/Baltistica.53.1.2339.

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Abstract

The nom.pl. form of the active participles continues the original neuter sg. form, e.g. Lith. jái nuo dárbo rankàs suką̃. It is an impersonal predicative form to be compared with the Proto-Indo-European uninflected predicative form in *‑om that has been preserved in Old Prussian.

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