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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the e-grade of the root of *rigeti (“to bind”) + *-om (verbal noun suffix for prefixed nouns).
Suffix
[edit]*-reigom n
- Forms nouns that denote the act of binding living things, or the devices used to do so.
Inflection
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 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.