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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸūros
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *puHrós, from the root *pewH- (“to be clean, pure”). Cognate with Latin pūrus.
Adjective
*ɸūros[1]
- fresh
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸūros | *ɸūrou | *ɸūroi |
| vocative | *ɸūre | *ɸūrou | *ɸūrūs |
| accusative | *ɸūrom | *ɸūrou | *ɸūroms |
| genitive | *ɸūrī | *ɸūrous | *ɸūrom |
| dative | *ɸūrūi | *ɸūrobom | *ɸūrobos |
| instrumental | *ɸūrū | *ɸūrobim | *ɸūrobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸūrā | *ɸūrai | *ɸūrās |
| vocative | *ɸūrā | *ɸūrai | *ɸūrās |
| accusative | *ɸūram | *ɸūrai | *ɸūrams |
| genitive | *ɸūrās | *ɸūrous | *ɸūrom |
| dative | *ɸūrai | *ɸūrābom | *ɸūrābos |
| instrumental | *? | *ɸūrābim | *ɸūrābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸūrom | *ɸūrou | *ɸūrā |
| vocative | *ɸūrom | *ɸūrou | *ɸūrā |
| accusative | *ɸūrom | *ɸūrou | *ɸūrā |
| genitive | *ɸūrī | *ɸūrous | *ɸūrom |
| dative | *ɸūrūi | *ɸūrobom | *ɸūrobos |
| instrumental | *ɸūrū | *ɸūrobim | *ɸūrobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *ir
- Cornish: yr
- Welsh: ir
- Old Irish: úr
- Irish: úr
- Manx: oor
- Scottish Gaelic: ùr
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*fūro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 144