Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sleibos

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

Matasović proposes that the term comes from Proto-Indo-European *sley-bʰo-, with the root as Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“to smear”), so the meaning would have been 'slippery surface, slope'. He concludes, however, that the semantic connection is weak.^[1]

Noun

*sleibos n^[1]

slope

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sleibos	*sleibese?	*sleibesa
vocative	*sleibos	*sleibese?	*sleibesa
accusative	*sleibos	*sleibese?	*sleibesa
genitive	*sleibesos	*sleibesous?	*sleibesom
dative	*sleibesē	*sleibesbom	*sleibesbos
locative	*sleibesi	*?	*?
instrumental	*sleibesē	*sleibesbim	*sleibesbis

Derived terms

Brythonic: *lluɨβ
- Old Breton: libiriou
- Welsh: llwyfan (“stage, platform”)
Goidelic:^[2]
- Old Irish: slíab m (“mountain, moor”), sléb
  - Irish: sliabh
  - Manx: slieau
  - Scottish Gaelic: sliabh

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*slēbos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*slēbos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 345

[DIL-2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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