< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sēbaris
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”).[1]
Noun
*sēbaris m[1]
- demon, spectre
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *sēbaris | *sēbarī | *sēbarīs |
| vocative | *sēbari | *sēbarī | *sēbarīs |
| accusative | *sēbarim | *sēbarī | *sēbarims |
| genitive | *sēbareis | *sēbaryow | *sēbaryom |
| dative | *sēbarei | *sēbaribom | *sēbaribos |
| locative | *sēbarei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *sēbarī | *sēbaribim | *sēbaribis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: síabair (i-stem), síabar (o-stem)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sēbro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 325