Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/noibos

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

From Proto-Indo-European *neybʰ- (“blessed, holy, fortunate”),^[1] possibly from *ney- (“to be excited”). Cognate with Proto-Iranian *naybah.^[2]

Adjective

*noibos

holy, sacred

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*noibos	*noibou	*noiboi
vocative	*noibe	*noibou	*noiboi
accusative	*noibom	*noibou	*noiboms
genitive	*noibī	*noibous	*noibom
dative	*noibūi	*noibobom	*noibobos
instrumental	*noibū	*noibobim	*noibobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*noibā	*noibai	*noibās
vocative	*noibā	*noibai	*noibās
accusative	*noibam	*noibai	*noibams
genitive	*noibās	*noibous	*noibom
dative	*noibai	*noibābom	*noibābos
instrumental	*?	*noibābim	*noibābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*noibom	*noibou	*noibā
vocative	*noibom	*noibou	*noibā
accusative	*noibom	*noibou	*noibā
genitive	*noibī	*noibous	*noibom
dative	*noibūi	*noibobom	*noibobos
instrumental	*noibū	*noibobim	*noibobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*noibyūs	*?	*noibyoses
vocative	*noibyūs	*?	*noibyoses
accusative	*noibyosam	*?	*noibyosams
genitive	*noibisos	*?	*noibisom
dative	*noibisei	*?	*noibisbos
instrumental	*noibisī	*?	*noibisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*noibyūs	*?	*noibyoses
vocative	*noibyūs	*?	*noibyoses
accusative	*noibyosam	*?	*noibyosams
genitive	*noibisos	*?	*noibisom
dative	*noibisei	*?	*noibisbos
instrumental	*noibisī	*?	*noibisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*noibis	*?	*?
vocative	*noibis	*?	*?
accusative	*noibis	*?	*?
genitive	*noibisos	*?	*noibisom
dative	*noibisei	*?	*noibisbos
instrumental	*noibisī	*?	*noibisbis

Related terms

*neibos

Descendants

Old Irish: noíb, nóeb, ⇒ noíbe
- Middle Irish: náem
  - Irish: naomh
  - Manx: noo
  - Scottish Gaelic: naomh
⇒ Gaulish:
- → Latin: Noibia, Noibio

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nēbo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “noibo-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 236

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nēbo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 286

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “noibo-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 236

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