< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tegus
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tégus.
Adjective
*tegus
- thick
Declension
| U-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tegus | *tegū | *tegowes |
| vocative | *tegu | *tegū | *tegūs |
| accusative | *tegum | *tegū | *tegūs |
| genitive | *tegous | *tegous | *tegowom |
| dative | *tegou | *tegubom | *tegubos |
| instrumental | *tegū | *tegubim | *tegubis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tegus | *tegū | *tegowes |
| vocative | *tegu | *tegū | *tegūs |
| accusative | *tegum | *tegū | *tegūs |
| genitive | *tegous | *tegous | *tegowom |
| dative | *tegou | *tegubom | *tegubos |
| instrumental | *tegū | *tegubim | *tegubis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tegu | *tegū | *tegwā |
| vocative | *tegu | *tegū | *tegwā |
| accusative | *tegu | *tegū | *tegwā |
| genitive | *tegous | *tegous | *tegowom |
| dative | *tegou | *tegubom | *tegubos |
| instrumental | *tegū | *tegubim | *tegubis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *teɣ
- Middle Breton: teo, teu
- Cornish: tew
- Old Welsh: teu
- Middle Welsh: tew
- Welsh: tew
- Middle Welsh: tew
- Old Irish: tiug
- Irish: tiubh
- Manx: çhiu
- Scottish Gaelic: tiugh