Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trougokaros

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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 *trougos (miserable, pitiful) +‎ *-karos (loving), literally loving the pitiful.

Adjective[edit]

*trougokaros

  1. merciful

Inflection[edit]

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *trougokaros *trougokarou *trougokaroi
vocative *trougokare *trougokarou *trougokaroi
accusative *trougokarom *trougokarou *trougokaroms
genitive *trougokarī *trougokarous *trougokarom
dative *trougokarūi *trougokarobom *trougokarobos
instrumental *trougokarū *trougokarobim *trougokarobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *trougokarā *trougokarai *trougokarās
vocative *trougokarā *trougokarai *trougokarās
accusative *trougokaram *trougokarai *trougokarams
genitive *trougokarās *trougokarous *trougokarom
dative *trougokarai *trougokarābom *trougokarābos
instrumental *? *trougokarābim *trougokarābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *trougokarom *trougokarou *trougokarā
vocative *trougokarom *trougokarou *trougokarā
accusative *trougokarom *trougokarou *trougokarā
genitive *trougokarī *trougokarous *trougokarom
dative *trougokarūi *trougokarobom *trougokarobos
instrumental *trougokarū *trougokarobim *trougokarobis

Reconstruction notes[edit]

Matasović reconstructs *trougkaros, without a thematic vowel,[1] but it is morphologically bizarre to do so for a derivative of a thematic adjective and as such will not be followed here. An athematic compound is not required to phonetically explain any descendants.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*trowgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 390