Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lubros

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *luprós, from *lewp- (to peel, strip) +‎ *-rós, whence cognate to Ancient Greek λυπρός (luprós, distressing, wretched).[1]

Adjective[edit]

*lubros

  1. weak

Inflection[edit]

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *lubros *lubrou *lubroi
vocative *lubre *lubrou *lubroi
accusative *lubrom *lubrou *lubroms
genitive *lubrī *lubrous *lubrom
dative *lubrūi *lubrobom *lubrobos
instrumental *lubrū *lubrobim *lubrobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *lubrā *lubrai *lubrās
vocative *lubrā *lubrai *lubrās
accusative *lubram *lubrai *lubrams
genitive *lubrās *lubrous *lubrom
dative *lubrai *lubrābom *lubrābos
instrumental *? *lubrābim *lubrābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *lubrom *lubrou *lubrā
vocative *lubrom *lubrou *lubrā
accusative *lubrom *lubrou *lubrā
genitive *lubrī *lubrous *lubrom
dative *lubrūi *lubrobom *lubrobos
instrumental *lubrū *lubrobim *lubrobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *lluβr
  • Old Irish: lobur

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stifter, David (2019) “Old Irish lobur ‘weak, sick’”, in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, volume 66, number 1, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 177–178