Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/klamos
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Probably of non-Indo-European origin due to the a-vocalism. However, MacBain compares Sanskrit क्लान्त (klānta, “exhausted, wearied, fatigued”).[1]
Adjective
[edit]*klamos
Inflection
[edit]O/ā-stem | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *klamos | *klamou | *klamoi |
vocative | *klame | *klamou | *klamoi |
accusative | *klamom | *klamou | *klamoms |
genitive | *klamī | *klamous | *klamom |
dative | *klamūi | *klamobom | *klamobos |
instrumental | *klamū | *klamobim | *klamobis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *klamā | *klamai | *klamās |
vocative | *klamā | *klamai | *klamās |
accusative | *klamam | *klamai | *klamams |
genitive | *klamās | *klamous | *klamom |
dative | *klamai | *klamābom | *klamābos |
instrumental | *? | *klamābim | *klamābis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *klamom | *klamou | *klamā |
vocative | *klamom | *klamou | *klamā |
accusative | *klamom | *klamou | *klamā |
genitive | *klamī | *klamous | *klamom |
dative | *klamūi | *klamobom | *klamobos |
instrumental | *klamū | *klamobim | *klamobis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “claf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cloimh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN