Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-tā

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

Suffix

*-tā f

1. Creates verbal nouns or abstracts from verbal roots.

   ‎*teig- (“to go”) + ‎*-tā → ‎*tixtā (“going”)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-tā	*-tai	*-tās
vocative	*-tā	*-tai	*-tās
accusative	*-tam	*-tai	*-tāms
genitive	*-tās	*-tous	*-tom
dative	*-tāi	*-tābom	*-tābos
locative	*-tai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*-tābim	*-tābis

Usage notes

• The root is either in the zero-grade or e-grade. Both grades appear inconsistently in both Brittonic and Goidelic even for the same verb roots.
• Displaced *-tis for most purposes. For the verbs *buyeti and *bereti, the two suffixes coexisted in their related verbal nouns.

Derived terms

Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-tā