Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trātos

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₁-tó-s, a formation in *-tós from the root *terh₁- (to drill, pierce). An exact cognate exists in Ancient Greek τρητός (trētós, bored through).[1]

Adjective

*trātos[2]

  1. weak

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *trātos *trātou *trātoi
vocative *trāte *trātou *trātoi
accusative *trātom *trātou *trātons
genitive *trātī *trātous *trātom
dative *trātūi *trātobom *trātobos
instrumental *trātū *trātobim *trātobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *trātā *trātai *trātās
vocative *trātā *trātai *trātās
accusative *trātam *trātai *trātans
genitive *trātās *trātous *trātom
dative *trātai *trātābom *trātābos
instrumental *? *trātābim *trātābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *trātom *trātou *trātā
vocative *trātom *trātou *trātā
accusative *trātom *trātou *trātā
genitive *trātī *trātous *trātom
dative *trātūi *trātobom *trātobos
instrumental *trātū *trātobim *trātobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *trātyūs *? *trātyoses
vocative *trātyūs *? *trātyoses
accusative *trātyosam *? *trātyosans
genitive *trātisos *? *trātisom
dative *trātisei *? *trātisbos
instrumental *trātisī *? *trātisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *trātyūs *? *trātyoses
vocative *trātyūs *? *trātyoses
accusative *trātyosam *? *trātyosans
genitive *trātisos *? *trātisom
dative *trātisei *? *trātisbos
instrumental *trātisī *? *trātisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *trātis *? *?
vocative *trātis *? *?
accusative *trātis *? *?
genitive *trātisos *? *trātisom
dative *trātisei *? *trātisbos
instrumental *trātisī *? *trātisbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *trọd
    • Middle Breton: treut (thin)
    • Middle Welsh: trawd (weak) (hapax)

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
  2. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 215