Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸelus
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us. Cognate to Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), Proto-Germanic *felu and Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Húš.
Adjective
*ɸelus (comparative *ɸleis)
Inflection
| U-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸelus | *ɸelū | *ɸelowes |
| vocative | *ɸelu | *ɸelū | *ɸelūs |
| accusative | *ɸelum | *ɸelū | *ɸeluns |
| genitive | *ɸelous | *ɸelous | *ɸelowom |
| dative | *ɸelou | *ɸelubom | *ɸelubos |
| instrumental | *ɸelū | *ɸelubim | *ɸelubis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸelus | *ɸelū | *ɸelowes |
| vocative | *ɸelu | *ɸelū | *ɸelūs |
| accusative | *ɸelum | *ɸelū | *ɸeluns |
| genitive | *ɸelous | *ɸelous | *ɸelowom |
| dative | *ɸelou | *ɸelubom | *ɸelubos |
| instrumental | *ɸelū | *ɸelubim | *ɸelubis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸelu | *ɸelū | *ɸelwā |
| vocative | *ɸelu | *ɸelū | *ɸelwā |
| accusative | *ɸelu | *ɸelū | *ɸelwā |
| genitive | *ɸelous | *ɸelous | *ɸelowom |
| dative | *ɸelou | *ɸelubom | *ɸelubos |
| instrumental | *ɸelū | *ɸelubim | *ɸelubis |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “*elu(o)-”, 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 162
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*filu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 130
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 375, pages 236f.; reprinted 2017