Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dagos
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. None of the proposed etymologies is plausible (compare ταχύς (takhús, “fast”), tækur (“acceptable”).[1]
Adjective
[edit]*dagos
Inflection
[edit]O/ā-stem | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *dagos | *dagou | *dagoi |
vocative | *dage | *dagou | *dagoi |
accusative | *dagom | *dagou | *dagoms |
genitive | *dagī | *dagous | *dagom |
dative | *dagūi | *dagobom | *dagobos |
instrumental | *dagū | *dagobim | *dagobis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *dagā | *dagai | *dagās |
vocative | *dagā | *dagai | *dagās |
accusative | *dagam | *dagai | *dagams |
genitive | *dagās | *dagous | *dagom |
dative | *dagai | *dagābom | *dagābos |
instrumental | *? | *dagābim | *dagābis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *dagom | *dagou | *dagā |
vocative | *dagom | *dagou | *dagā |
accusative | *dagom | *dagou | *dagā |
genitive | *dagī | *dagous | *dagom |
dative | *dagūi | *dagobom | *dagobos |
instrumental | *dagū | *dagobim | *dagobis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *daɣ (attested in the Bath curse tablets as an-dagin (“worthless”, accusative singular feminine)).
- Old Irish: dag-, deg-
- Irish: dea-, deagh- (superseded), deá- (Cois Fharraige)
- Scottish Gaelic: deagh
- Gaulish: dagos
References
[edit]- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1996) “dag”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume D, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page D-7f.
Further reading
[edit]- Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “dagos”, 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 134