Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/morigablos

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 *mori (“sea”) +‎ *gablā (“fork”).

Noun

*morigablos m

1. sea inlet
2. estuary

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*morigablos	*morigablou	*morigabloi
vocative	*morigable	*morigablou	*morigablūs
accusative	*morigablom	*morigablou	*morigabloms
genitive	*morigablī	*morigablous	*morigablom
dative	*morigablūi	*morigablobom	*morigablobos
locative	*morigablei	*?	*?
instrumental	*morigablū	*morigablobim	*morigablūis

Reconstruction notes

• Aaron Griffith disputes the traditional identity of Old Irish muirgobuil in his Milan glosses database; he thinks that instead of its second member being gabul, it is gobél (“inlet”).
• The reconstruction of the masculine gender hinges entirely on whether the Goidelic masculine words belong here; if they do not, it is possible to instead reconstruct this as a feminine word.

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *morɣaβl
  • Old Breton: morgablou pl
  • Middle Welsh: morawl
• >? Old Irish: muirgobuil pl
  • Middle Irish: muirgabuil (gen. sg.)