Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sɸraxtos

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 *spreg-, cognate with German sprechen (“to speak”) and Albanian shpreh (“to express, voice”).

Adjective

*sɸraxtos

1. fluent
2. eloquent

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sɸraxtos	*sɸraxtou	*sɸraxtoi
vocative	*sɸraxte	*sɸraxtou	*sɸraxtoi
accusative	*sɸraxtom	*sɸraxtou	*sɸraxtoms
genitive	*sɸraxtī	*sɸraxtous	*sɸraxtom
dative	*sɸraxtūi	*sɸraxtobom	*sɸraxtobos
instrumental	*sɸraxtū	*sɸraxtobim	*sɸraxtobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sɸraxtā	*sɸraxtai	*sɸraxtās
vocative	*sɸraxtā	*sɸraxtai	*sɸraxtās
accusative	*sɸraxtam	*sɸraxtai	*sɸraxtams
genitive	*sɸraxtās	*sɸraxtous	*sɸraxtom
dative	*sɸraxtai	*sɸraxtābom	*sɸraxtābos
instrumental	*?	*sɸraxtābim	*sɸraxtābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sɸraxtom	*sɸraxtou	*sɸraxtā
vocative	*sɸraxtom	*sɸraxtou	*sɸraxtā
accusative	*sɸraxtom	*sɸraxtou	*sɸraxtā
genitive	*sɸraxtī	*sɸraxtous	*sɸraxtom
dative	*sɸraxtūi	*sɸraxtobom	*sɸraxtobos
instrumental	*sɸraxtū	*sɸraxtobim	*sɸraxtobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sɸraxtyūs	*?	*sɸraxtyoses
vocative	*sɸraxtyūs	*?	*sɸraxtyoses
accusative	*sɸraxtyosam	*?	*sɸraxtyosams
genitive	*sɸraxtisos	*?	*sɸraxtisom
dative	*sɸraxtisei	*?	*sɸraxtisbos
instrumental	*sɸraxtisī	*?	*sɸraxtisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sɸraxtyūs	*?	*sɸraxtyoses
vocative	*sɸraxtyūs	*?	*sɸraxtyoses
accusative	*sɸraxtyosam	*?	*sɸraxtyosams
genitive	*sɸraxtisos	*?	*sɸraxtisom
dative	*sɸraxtisei	*?	*sɸraxtisbos
instrumental	*sɸraxtisī	*?	*sɸraxtisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sɸraxtis	*?	*?
vocative	*sɸraxtis	*?	*?
accusative	*sɸraxtis	*?	*?
genitive	*sɸraxtisos	*?	*sɸraxtisom
dative	*sɸraxtisei	*?	*sɸraxtisbos
instrumental	*sɸraxtisī	*?	*sɸraxtisbis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *fraɨθ
  • Middle Breton: fraez, freaz
    • Breton: fraezh
  • Middle Cornish: freth
  • Middle Welsh: ffraeth
    • Welsh: ffraeth