Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nityos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nítyos, formed to *ní (whence also the prefix *ni-). Cognate to Proto-Germanic *niþjaz and Sanskrit नित्य (nitya, “eternal”).[1]
Adjective
*nityos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *nityos | *nityou | *nityoi |
| vocative | *nitye | *nityou | *nityoi |
| accusative | *nityom | *nityou | *nityons |
| genitive | *nityī | *nityous | *nityom |
| dative | *nityūi | *nityobom | *nityobos |
| instrumental | *nityū | *nityobim | *nityobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *nityā | *nityai | *nityās |
| vocative | *nityā | *nityai | *nityās |
| accusative | *nityam | *nityai | *nityans |
| genitive | *nityās | *nityous | *nityom |
| dative | *nityai | *nityābom | *nityābos |
| instrumental | *? | *nityābim | *nityābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *nityom | *nityou | *nityā |
| vocative | *nityom | *nityou | *nityā |
| accusative | *nityom | *nityou | *nityā |
| genitive | *nityī | *nityous | *nityom |
| dative | *nityūi | *nityobom | *nityobos |
| instrumental | *nityū | *nityobim | *nityobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *nityūs | *? | *nityoses |
| vocative | *nityūs | *? | *nityoses |
| accusative | *nityosam | *? | *nityosans |
| genitive | *nityisos | *? | *nityisom |
| dative | *nityisei | *? | *nityisbos |
| instrumental | *nityisī | *? | *nityisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *nityūs | *? | *nityoses |
| vocative | *nityūs | *? | *nityoses |
| accusative | *nityosam | *? | *nityosans |
| genitive | *nityisos | *? | *nityisom |
| dative | *nityisei | *? | *nityisbos |
| instrumental | *nityisī | *? | *nityisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *nityis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *nityis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *nityis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *nityisos | *? | *nityisom |
| dative | *nityisei | *? | *nityisbos |
| instrumental | *nityisī | *? | *nityisbis |
Related terms
Descendants
- Gaulish: *nitio-
- →⇒ Latin: Nitiobriges, Nitiobroges, Nitiogenus, Nitiogenna
References
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “nitio-”, 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 235