Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/selgā
Appearance
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *selgati (“to hunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“to send away, set loose”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λαγάσαι (lagásai, “to set free”) and Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjáti, “sets loose”).
Noun
[edit]*selgā f[1]
- a hunt
Declension
[edit]Feminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *selgā | *selgai | *selgās |
vocative | *selgā | *selgai | *selgās |
accusative | *selgam | *selgai | *selgāms |
genitive | *selgās | *selgous | *selgom |
dative | *selgāi | *selgābom | *selgābos |
locative | *selgai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *selgābim | *selgābis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*selgā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 329