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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/marwonatus

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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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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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From *marwos +‎ *natus.

Noun

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*marwonatus f[2]

  1. elegy, eulogy

Inflection

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Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *marwonatus *marwonatū *marwonatowes
vocative *marwonatu *marwonatū *marwonatūs
accusative *marwonatum *marwonatū *marwonatums
genitive *marwonatous *marwonatous *marwonatowom
dative *marwonatou *marwonatubom *marwonatubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *marwonatū *marwonatubim *marwonatubis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *marwnad
  • Middle Irish: marbnad

References

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  1. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*marwo-natā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 106
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*marwonatu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 55