Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/agrokū

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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

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Etymology

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From *agrom (slaughter, battle) +‎ *kū (dog, hound).

Noun

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*agrokū m[1]

  1. war dog

Inflection

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Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *agrokuns *agrokune *agrokunes
vocative *agrokuns *agrokune *agrokunes
accusative *agrokunam *agrokune *agrokunams
genitive *agrokunos *agrokunou *agrokunom
dative *agrokunei *agrokunobom *agrokunobos
locative *agrokuni
instrumental *agrokune? *agrokunobim *agrokunobis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *aɨrgi
  • Old Irish: árchú

References

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  1. ^ John Koch, editor (2006), “warfare, Proto-Celtic vocabulary”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1750