Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/atigabaglā

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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/atigabaglā

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 *ati- (“re-”) +‎ *gabaglā (“taking”), literally "retaking".

Noun

*atigabaglā f [1]

1. distraint

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*atigabaglā	*atigabaglai	*atigabaglās
vocative	*atigabaglā	*atigabaglai	*atigabaglās
accusative	*atigabaglam	*atigabaglai	*atigabaglāms
genitive	*atigabaglās	*atigabaglous	*atigabaglom
dative	*atigabaglāi	*atigabaglābom	*atigabaglābos
locative	*atigabaglai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*atigabaglābim	*atigabaglābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Breton: adgabael
  • Middle Welsh: adauael, adafael
    • Welsh: adafael
• Old Irish: athgabáil
  • Middle Irish: athgabáil
    • Irish: athghabháil

References

1. Kelly, Fergus (1988), “Chapter 10. Law texts”, in A guide to Early Irish law, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, The origin of the law-texts, pages 231-232