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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nāmants

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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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According to Sanas Cormaic, from *an- (un-, not) + the present participle of *amati (to love),[1] with a reconstructed PIE *n(e)-h₂em-nt-,[1] which would make this noun cognate with Latin amō. However, Matasović disputes this, stating that it looks like folk etymology and that the root *am- is otherwise unattested in Celtic.[1]

Noun

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*nāmants m[1][2]

  1. enemy

Declension

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Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *nāmants *nāmante *nāmantes
vocative *nāmants *nāmante *nāmantes
accusative *nāmantam *nāmante *nāmantams
genitive *nāmantos *nāmantou *nāmantom
dative *nāmantei *nāmantobom *nāmantobos
locative *nāmanti
instrumental *nāmante? *nāmantobim *nāmantobis

Descendants

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  • Old Irish: námae
    • Middle Irish: náma
      • Irish: namhaid
      • Manx: noid
      • Scottish Gaelic: nàmhaid
  • Gaulish: *nāmants

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nāmant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*nāmant-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 108