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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lagisamos
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Proto-Celtic
Adjective
*lagisamos[1][2]
- superlative degree of *legus (“small”): smallest, least
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *lagisamos | *lagisamou | *lagisamoi |
| vocative | *lagisame | *lagisamou | *lagisamūs |
| accusative | *lagisamom | *lagisamou | *lagisamoms |
| genitive | *lagisamī | *lagisamous | *lagisamom |
| dative | *lagisamūi | *lagisamobom | *lagisamobos |
| instrumental | *lagisamū | *lagisamobim | *lagisamobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *lagisamā | *lagisamai | *lagisamās |
| vocative | *lagisamā | *lagisamai | *lagisamās |
| accusative | *lagisamam | *lagisamai | *lagisamams |
| genitive | *lagisamās | *lagisamous | *lagisamom |
| dative | *lagisamai | *lagisamābom | *lagisamābos |
| instrumental | *? | *lagisamābim | *lagisamābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *lagisamom | *lagisamou | *lagisamā |
| vocative | *lagisamom | *lagisamou | *lagisamā |
| accusative | *lagisamom | *lagisamou | *lagisamā |
| genitive | *lagisamī | *lagisamous | *lagisamom |
| dative | *lagisamūi | *lagisamobom | *lagisamobos |
| instrumental | *lagisamū | *lagisamobim | *lagisamobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *llaɣhaβ̃
- Old Breton: leham, leiham, laham
- Cornish: lyha
- Middle Welsh: lleiaf
- Welsh: lleiaf, lleia
- Old Irish: lugimem, lugam
References
- Koch, John (2004), “least *lagisamo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 198
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 305: “PCl. *lag-isamos”