Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gargos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Likely of expressive/onomatopoeic origin. Compared to Proto-Slavic *groza (“horror”), Ancient Greek γοργός (gorgós, “rough, frightsome”), Old Armenian կարծր (karcr, “hard”), which could be related or just similarities.
Adjective
*gargos[1]
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gargos | *gargou | *gargoi |
| vocative | *garge | *gargou | *gargoi |
| accusative | *gargom | *gargou | *gargons |
| genitive | *gargī | *gargous | *gargom |
| dative | *gargūi | *gargobom | *gargobos |
| instrumental | *gargū | *gargobim | *gargobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gargā | *gargai | *gargās |
| vocative | *gargā | *gargai | *gargās |
| accusative | *gargam | *gargai | *gargans |
| genitive | *gargās | *gargous | *gargom |
| dative | *gargai | *gargābom | *gargābos |
| instrumental | *? | *gargābim | *gargābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gargom | *gargou | *gargā |
| vocative | *gargom | *gargou | *gargā |
| accusative | *gargom | *gargou | *gargā |
| genitive | *gargī | *gargous | *gargom |
| dative | *gargūi | *gargobom | *gargobos |
| instrumental | *gargū | *gargobim | *gargobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gargyūs | *? | *gargyoses |
| vocative | *gargyūs | *? | *gargyoses |
| accusative | *gargyosam | *? | *gargyosans |
| genitive | *gargisos | *? | *gargisom |
| dative | *gargisei | *? | *gargisbos |
| instrumental | *gargisī | *? | *gargisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gargyūs | *? | *gargyoses |
| vocative | *gargyūs | *? | *gargyoses |
| accusative | *gargyosam | *? | *gargyosans |
| genitive | *gargisos | *? | *gargisom |
| dative | *gargisei | *? | *gargisbos |
| instrumental | *gargisī | *? | *gargisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gargis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *gargis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *gargis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *gargisos | *? | *gargisom |
| dative | *gargisei | *? | *gargisbos |
| instrumental | *gargisī | *? | *gargisbis |
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gargo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 152