Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-reigom

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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

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Etymology

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From the e-grade of the root of *rigeti (to bind) + *-om (verbal noun suffix for prefixed nouns).

Suffix

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*-reigom n

  1. Forms nouns that denote the act of binding living things, or the devices used to do so.

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-rēgom *-rēgou *-rēgā
vocative *-rēgom *-rēgou *-rēgā
accusative *-rēgom *-rēgou *-rēgā
genitive *-rēgī *-rēgous *-rēgom
dative *-rēgūi *-rēgobom *-rēgobos
locative *-rēgei *? *?
instrumental *-rēgū *-rēgobim *-rēgūis

Reconstruction notes

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  • Welsh forms like cyfrwy (saddle) and Middle Welsh gwaruy (play, game) require the reconstruction of the e-grade for this suffix.[1]
  • This suffix was generally reformed into zero-grade *-rigom in Goidelic (as evidenced by vowel raisings in cuimrech and fuirech) by analogy to the prefixed derivatives of the related verb *rigeti (to bind),[2] to which nouns in *-rēgom often served as verbal nouns.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 279
  2. ^ Stüber, Karin (2015) Die Verbalabstrakta des Altirischen (in German), page 507