Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mīnis
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”), whence also Latin mītis, Lithuanian meilė, and Sanskrit मयस् (mayas).[1]
Adjective
[edit]Inflection
[edit]I-stem | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mīnis | *mīnī | *mīnīs |
vocative | *mīni | *mīnī | *mīnīs |
accusative | *mīnim | *mīnī | *mīnims |
genitive | *mīnēs | *mīnyou | *mīnyom |
dative | *mīnē | *mīnibom | *mīnibos |
instrumental | *mīnī | *mīnibim | *mīnibis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mīnis | *mīnī | *mīnīs |
vocative | *mīni | *mīnī | *mīnīs |
accusative | *mīnim | *mīnī | *mīnims |
genitive | *mīnēs | *mīnyou | *mīnyom |
dative | *mīnē | *mīnibom | *mīnibos |
instrumental | *mīnī | *mīnibim | *mīnibis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mīni | *mīnī | *mīnyā |
vocative | *mīni | *mīnī | *mīnyā |
accusative | *mīni | *mīnī | *mīnyā |
genitive | *mīnois | *mīnois | *mīnyom |
dative | *mīnē | *mīnibom | *mīnibos |
instrumental | *mīnī | *mīnibim | *mīnibis |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “minio-, meno-”, 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 227
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 119