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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/messos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
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Adjective
*messos[1]
- worse
- comparative degree of *ulkos
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *messos | *messou | *messoi |
| vocative | *messe | *messou | *messūs |
| accusative | *messom | *messou | *messoms |
| genitive | *messī | *messous | *messom |
| dative | *messūi | *messobom | *messobos |
| instrumental | *messū | *messobim | *messobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *messā | *messai | *messās |
| vocative | *messā | *messai | *messās |
| accusative | *messam | *messai | *messams |
| genitive | *messās | *messous | *messom |
| dative | *messai | *messābom | *messābos |
| instrumental | *? | *messābim | *messābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *messom | *messou | *messā |
| vocative | *messom | *messou | *messā |
| accusative | *messom | *messou | *messā |
| genitive | *messī | *messous | *messom |
| dative | *messūi | *messobom | *messobos |
| instrumental | *messū | *messobim | *messobis |
Descendants
- Goidelic:
- Old Irish: messa
- Irish: measa
- Scottish Gaelic: miosa
- Old Irish: messa
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*messo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268