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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/matis
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂tis (“ripe, good”), from *meh₂- (“to ripen, to mature”). Cognate with Latin mānis, mānus (“good”), mātūrus (“mature”), Mātūta (“goddess Dawn”).
Adjective
*matis
- good
Inflection
| I-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *matis | *matī | *matīs |
| vocative | *mati | *matī | *matīs |
| accusative | *matim | *matī | *matīs |
| genitive | *matēs | *matyou | *matyom |
| dative | *matē | *matibom | *matibos |
| instrumental | *matī | *matibim | *matibis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *matis | *matī | *matīs |
| vocative | *mati | *matī | *matīs |
| accusative | *matim | *matī | *matīs |
| genitive | *matēs | *matyou | *matyom |
| dative | *matē | *matibom | *matibos |
| instrumental | *matī | *matibim | *matibis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mati | *matī | *matyā |
| vocative | *mati | *matī | *matyā |
| accusative | *mati | *matī | *matyā |
| genitive | *matois | *matois | *matyom |
| dative | *matē | *matibom | *matibos |
| instrumental | *matī | *matibim | *matibis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *mad
- Middle Breton: mat
- Breton: mad
- Cornish: mas
- Middle Welsh: mad
- Welsh: mad
- Middle Breton: mat
- Old Irish: maith
- Irish: maith
- Manx: mie
- Scottish Gaelic: math
- Gaulish: mat