< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nouyos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *néwos, *néwyos.
Adjective
*nouyos
- new
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *nowyos | *nowyou | *nowyoi |
| vocative | *nowye | *nowyou | *nowyūs |
| accusative | *nowyom | *nowyou | *nowyūs |
| genitive | *nowyī | *nowyous | *nowyom |
| dative | *nowyūi | *nowyobom | *nowyobos |
| instrumental | *nowyū | *nowyobim | *nowyobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *nowyā | *nowyai | *nowyās |
| vocative | *nowyā | *nowyai | *nowyās |
| accusative | *nowyam | *nowyai | *nowyās |
| genitive | *nowyās | *nowyous | *nowyom |
| dative | *nowyai | *nowyābom | *nowyābos |
| instrumental | *? | *nowyābim | *nowyābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *nowyom | *nowyou | *nowyā |
| vocative | *nowyom | *nowyou | *nowyā |
| accusative | *nowyom | *nowyou | *nowyā |
| genitive | *nowyī | *nowyous | *nowyom |
| dative | *nowyūi | *nowyobom | *nowyobos |
| instrumental | *nowyū | *nowyobim | *nowyobis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *newɨð
- Breton: nevez
- Cornish: newyth
- Welsh: newydd
- Old Irish: núa
- Irish: nua
- Manx: noa
- Scottish Gaelic: nuadh
- Gaulish: *novios (in many Roman place names)