Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gleistos

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

Etymology

Matasović relates this to *gloiwos (whence Welsh gloyw) and what he reconstructs as *gleiwis (whence Old Irish glé).^[1]

Adjective

*gleistos^[2]

bright, shining

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gleistos	*gleistou	*gleistoi
vocative	*gleiste	*gleistou	*gleistoi
accusative	*gleistom	*gleistou	*gleistons
genitive	*gleistī	*gleistous	*gleistom
dative	*gleistūi	*gleistobom	*gleistobos
instrumental	*gleistū	*gleistobim	*gleistobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gleistā	*gleistai	*gleistās
vocative	*gleistā	*gleistai	*gleistās
accusative	*gleistam	*gleistai	*gleistans
genitive	*gleistās	*gleistous	*gleistom
dative	*gleistai	*gleistābom	*gleistābos
instrumental	*?	*gleistābim	*gleistābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gleistom	*gleistou	*gleistā
vocative	*gleistom	*gleistou	*gleistā
accusative	*gleistom	*gleistou	*gleistā
genitive	*gleistī	*gleistous	*gleistom
dative	*gleistūi	*gleistobom	*gleistobos
instrumental	*gleistū	*gleistobim	*gleistobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gleistyūs	*?	*gleistyoses
vocative	*gleistyūs	*?	*gleistyoses
accusative	*gleistyosam	*?	*gleistyosans
genitive	*gleistisos	*?	*gleistisom
dative	*gleistisei	*?	*gleistisbos
instrumental	*gleistisī	*?	*gleistisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gleistyūs	*?	*gleistyoses
vocative	*gleistyūs	*?	*gleistyoses
accusative	*gleistyosam	*?	*gleistyosans
genitive	*gleistisos	*?	*gleistisom
dative	*gleistisei	*?	*gleistisbos
instrumental	*gleistisī	*?	*gleistisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gleistis	*?	*?
vocative	*gleistis	*?	*?
accusative	*gleistis	*?	*?
genitive	*gleistisos	*?	*gleistisom
dative	*gleistisei	*?	*gleistisbos
instrumental	*gleistisī	*?	*gleistisbis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović's *gloistos is an obvious mistake; the vowel correspondences in Irish and Welsh point to *ei, not *oi.

Derived terms

*gleist-iyā
- Old Irish: glésse (“brightness”)
  - Middle Irish: glése, glésse, gléise

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gluɨs
- Middle Welsh: glwys (“beautiful”)
  - Welsh: glwys

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎^[1], Zagreb, page 18
^ Koch, John (2004) “shining”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[2], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 308

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎^[1], Zagreb, page 18

[2] Koch, John (2004) “shining”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[2], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 308

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