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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brigā
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰeh₂, zero-grade form of *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *forktis (“strong, robust”)[1] (compare Latin fortis), Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰrȷ́ʰánts (“high, tall, mighty”), Old Armenian բարձր (barjr, “high, great”). Related to Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”).
Declension
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *brigā | *brigai | *brigās |
vocative | *brigā | *brigai | *brigās |
accusative | *brigam | *brigai | *brigāms |
genitive | *brigās | *brigous | *brigom |
dative | *brigāi | *brigābom | *brigābos |
locative | *brigai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *brigābim | *brigābis |
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “brigo-”, 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 88
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