Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sɸraxtos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *spreg-, cognate with German sprechen (“to speak”) and Albanian shpreh (“to express, voice”).[1]
Adjective
*sɸraxtos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sɸraxtos | *sɸraxtou | *sɸraxtoi |
| vocative | *sɸraxte | *sɸraxtou | *sɸraxtoi |
| accusative | *sɸraxtom | *sɸraxtou | *sɸraxtons |
| genitive | *sɸraxtī | *sɸraxtous | *sɸraxtom |
| dative | *sɸraxtūi | *sɸraxtobom | *sɸraxtobos |
| instrumental | *sɸraxtū | *sɸraxtobim | *sɸraxtobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sɸraxtā | *sɸraxtai | *sɸraxtās |
| vocative | *sɸraxtā | *sɸraxtai | *sɸraxtās |
| accusative | *sɸraxtam | *sɸraxtai | *sɸraxtans |
| genitive | *sɸraxtās | *sɸraxtous | *sɸraxtom |
| dative | *sɸraxtai | *sɸraxtābom | *sɸraxtābos |
| instrumental | *? | *sɸraxtābim | *sɸraxtābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sɸraxtom | *sɸraxtou | *sɸraxtā |
| vocative | *sɸraxtom | *sɸraxtou | *sɸraxtā |
| accusative | *sɸraxtom | *sɸraxtou | *sɸraxtā |
| genitive | *sɸraxtī | *sɸraxtous | *sɸraxtom |
| dative | *sɸraxtūi | *sɸraxtobom | *sɸraxtobos |
| instrumental | *sɸraxtū | *sɸraxtobim | *sɸraxtobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sɸraxtyūs | *? | *sɸraxtyoses |
| vocative | *sɸraxtyūs | *? | *sɸraxtyoses |
| accusative | *sɸraxtyosam | *? | *sɸraxtyosans |
| genitive | *sɸraxtisos | *? | *sɸraxtisom |
| dative | *sɸraxtisei | *? | *sɸraxtisbos |
| instrumental | *sɸraxtisī | *? | *sɸraxtisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sɸraxtyūs | *? | *sɸraxtyoses |
| vocative | *sɸraxtyūs | *? | *sɸraxtyoses |
| accusative | *sɸraxtyosam | *? | *sɸraxtyosans |
| genitive | *sɸraxtisos | *? | *sɸraxtisom |
| dative | *sɸraxtisei | *? | *sɸraxtisbos |
| instrumental | *sɸraxtisī | *? | *sɸraxtisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sɸraxtis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *sɸraxtis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *sɸraxtis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *sɸraxtisos | *? | *sɸraxtisom |
| dative | *sɸraxtisei | *? | *sɸraxtisbos |
| instrumental | *sɸraxtisī | *? | *sɸraxtisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *fraɨθ
References
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 172