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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/amɸlabros
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *an- (“un-”) + *ɸlabros (“talkative”).
Adjective
*amɸlabros
- dumb, mute
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *amɸlabros | *amɸlabrou | *amɸlabroi |
| vocative | *amɸlabre | *amɸlabrou | *amɸlabrūs |
| accusative | *amɸlabrom | *amɸlabrou | *amɸlabroms |
| genitive | *amɸlabrī | *amɸlabrous | *amɸlabrom |
| dative | *amɸlabrūi | *amɸlabrobom | *amɸlabrobos |
| instrumental | *amɸlabrū | *amɸlabrobim | *amɸlabrobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *amɸlabrā | *amɸlabrai | *amɸlabrās |
| vocative | *amɸlabrā | *amɸlabrai | *amɸlabrās |
| accusative | *amɸlabram | *amɸlabrai | *amɸlabrams |
| genitive | *amɸlabrās | *amɸlabrous | *amɸlabrom |
| dative | *amɸlabrai | *amɸlabrābom | *amɸlabrābos |
| instrumental | *? | *amɸlabrābim | *amɸlabrābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *amɸlabrom | *amɸlabrou | *amɸlabrā |
| vocative | *amɸlabrom | *amɸlabrou | *amɸlabrā |
| accusative | *amɸlabrom | *amɸlabrou | *amɸlabrā |
| genitive | *amɸlabrī | *amɸlabrous | *amɸlabrom |
| dative | *amɸlabrūi | *amɸlabrobom | *amɸlabrobos |
| instrumental | *amɸlabrū | *amɸlabrobim | *amɸlabrobis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *aβ̃laβar
- Breton: amlavar
- Old Cornish: aflauar
- Middle Cornish: omlavar
- Middle Welsh: aflauar
- Welsh: aflafar
- Old Irish: amlabar
- Irish: amhlabhar
References
- Celtic Lexicon - University of Wales
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*lab(a)ro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 231