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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-mantiyū

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Proto-Celtic

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Etymology

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From *manyetor (to think, remember) +‎ *-tiyū (verbal noun suffix).

Suffix

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*-mantiyū f[1]

  1. Forms verbal nouns relating to thought or memory.

Inflection

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Masculine/feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-mantiyū *-mantiyone? *-mantiyones
vocative *-mantiyū *-mantiyone? *-mantiyones
accusative *-mantiyonam *-mantiyone? *-mantiyonams
genitive *-mantiyonos *-mantiyonows? *-mantiyonom
dative *-mantiyonei *-mantiyombom *-mantiyombos
locative *-mantiyon(i) *? *?
instrumental *-mantiyonei *-mantiyombim *-mantiyombis

Derived terms

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  • *ari-mantiyū
    • Old Irish: airmitiu (honour, respect)
  • *tu-mantiyū
    • Old Irish: toimtiu (opinion, thinking)
  • *uɸo-mantiyū
    • Old Irish: foititiu (anticipation, heeding)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) “muⁱn-DEP ‘think, remember’”, in Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, 3.1.86., page 256f.