Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸelus
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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us. Cognate to Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), Proto-Germanic *felu and Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Húš.
Adjective
[edit]*ɸelus (comparative *ɸleis)
Inflection
[edit]| U-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸelus | *ɸelū | *ɸelowes |
| vocative | *ɸelu | *ɸelū | *ɸelūs |
| accusative | *ɸelum | *ɸelū | *ɸelums |
| genitive | *ɸelous | *ɸelous | *ɸelowom |
| dative | *ɸelou | *ɸelubom | *ɸelubos |
| instrumental | *ɸelū | *ɸelubim | *ɸelubis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸelus | *ɸelū | *ɸelowes |
| vocative | *ɸelu | *ɸelū | *ɸelūs |
| accusative | *ɸelum | *ɸelū | *ɸelums |
| genitive | *ɸelous | *ɸelous | *ɸelowom |
| dative | *ɸelou | *ɸelubom | *ɸelubos |
| instrumental | *ɸelū | *ɸelubim | *ɸelubis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸelu | *ɸelū | *ɸelwā |
| vocative | *ɸelu | *ɸelū | *ɸelwā |
| accusative | *ɸelu | *ɸelū | *ɸelwā |
| genitive | *ɸelous | *ɸelous | *ɸelowom |
| dative | *ɸelou | *ɸelubom | *ɸelubos |
| instrumental | *ɸelū | *ɸelubim | *ɸelubis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “*elu(o)-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 162
Further reading
[edit]- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*filu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 130
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 375, page 236f.