Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/textomāros

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 *texto- (“possession”) +‎ *māros (“great”).

Adjective

*textomāros

1. having many goods or possessions

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*textomāros	*textomārou	*textomāroi
vocative	*textomāre	*textomārou	*textomāroi
accusative	*textomārom	*textomārou	*textomārons
genitive	*textomārī	*textomārous	*textomārom
dative	*textomārūi	*textomārobom	*textomārobos
instrumental	*textomārū	*textomārobim	*textomārobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*textomārā	*textomārai	*textomārās
vocative	*textomārā	*textomārai	*textomārās
accusative	*textomāram	*textomārai	*textomārans
genitive	*textomārās	*textomārous	*textomārom
dative	*textomārai	*textomārābom	*textomārābos
instrumental	*?	*textomārābim	*textomārābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*textomārom	*textomārou	*textomārā
vocative	*textomārom	*textomārou	*textomārā
accusative	*textomārom	*textomārou	*textomārā
genitive	*textomārī	*textomārous	*textomārom
dative	*textomārūi	*textomārobom	*textomārobos
instrumental	*textomārū	*textomārobim	*textomārobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*textomāryūs	*?	*textomāryoses
vocative	*textomāryūs	*?	*textomāryoses
accusative	*textomāryosam	*?	*textomāryosans
genitive	*textomārisos	*?	*textomārisom
dative	*textomārisei	*?	*textomārisbos
instrumental	*textomārisī	*?	*textomārisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*textomāryūs	*?	*textomāryoses
vocative	*textomāryūs	*?	*textomāryoses
accusative	*textomāryosam	*?	*textomāryosans
genitive	*textomārisos	*?	*textomārisom
dative	*textomārisei	*?	*textomārisbos
instrumental	*textomārisī	*?	*textomārisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*textomāris	*?	*?
vocative	*textomāris	*?	*?
accusative	*textomāris	*?	*?
genitive	*textomārisos	*?	*textomārisom
dative	*textomārisei	*?	*textomārisbos
instrumental	*textomārisī	*?	*textomārisbis

Descendants

• Middle Irish: techtmar (epithet of legendary king Tuathal)
• Gaulish: *Tectomāros
  • → Ancient Greek: Τεκτομάρος (Tektomáros) (name of a Galatian)

Further reading

• Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “tecto-, texto-”, 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 294