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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/amarom
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown; likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.
Noun
*amarom n[1]
- wailing, crying
Inflection
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *amarom | *amarou | *amarā |
| vocative | *amarom | *amarou | *amarā |
| accusative | *amarom | *amarou | *amarā |
| genitive | *amarī | *amarous | *amarom |
| dative | *amarūi | *amarobom | *amarobos |
| locative | *amarei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *amarū | *amarobim | *amarūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *aβ̃ar
- Middle Welsh: auar
- Welsh: afar
- Middle Welsh: auar
- Old Irish: amar
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*amaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 32