Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rinnos
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-, but the source of the geminate -nn- is obscure.[1] The easiest way to account for it is to presume that *-nós was suffixed to the present plural stem of a nasal present *h₃ri-né-H-ti.[2]
Adjective
edit*rinnos
Inflection
edit| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *rinnos | *rinnou | *rinnoi |
| vocative | *rinne | *rinnou | *rinnoi |
| accusative | *rinnom | *rinnou | *rinnoms |
| genitive | *rinnī | *rinnous | *rinnom |
| dative | *rinnūi | *rinnobom | *rinnobos |
| instrumental | *rinnū | *rinnobim | *rinnobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *rinnā | *rinnai | *rinnās |
| vocative | *rinnā | *rinnai | *rinnās |
| accusative | *rinnam | *rinnai | *rinnams |
| genitive | *rinnās | *rinnous | *rinnom |
| dative | *rinnai | *rinnābom | *rinnābos |
| instrumental | *? | *rinnābim | *rinnābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *rinnom | *rinnou | *rinnā |
| vocative | *rinnom | *rinnou | *rinnā |
| accusative | *rinnom | *rinnou | *rinnā |
| genitive | *rinnī | *rinnous | *rinnom |
| dative | *rinnūi | *rinnobom | *rinnobos |
| instrumental | *rinnū | *rinnobim | *rinnobis |