Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸlabros

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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • *labros, *labaros[1]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥b-ró-s, from *pleb- (to babble) +‎ *-rós,[2] or perhaps onomatopoeic[1], compare Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρβᾰρος (bárbaros). Possible cognate with Latin plōrō (to cry out).

Adjective[edit]

*ɸlabros

  1. talkative

Inflection[edit]

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlabros *ɸlabrou *ɸlabroi
vocative *ɸlabre *ɸlabrou *ɸlabroi
accusative *ɸlabrom *ɸlabrou *ɸlabroms
genitive *ɸlabrī *ɸlabrous *ɸlabrom
dative *ɸlabrūi *ɸlabrobom *ɸlabrobos
instrumental *ɸlabrū *ɸlabrobim *ɸlabrobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlabrā *ɸlabrai *ɸlabrās
vocative *ɸlabrā *ɸlabrai *ɸlabrās
accusative *ɸlabram *ɸlabrai *ɸlabrams
genitive *ɸlabrās *ɸlabrous *ɸlabrom
dative *ɸlabrai *ɸlabrābom *ɸlabrābos
instrumental *? *ɸlabrābim *ɸlabrābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlabrom *ɸlabrou *ɸlabrā
vocative *ɸlabrom *ɸlabrou *ɸlabrā
accusative *ɸlabrom *ɸlabrou *ɸlabrā
genitive *ɸlabrī *ɸlabrous *ɸlabrom
dative *ɸlabrūi *ɸlabrobom *ɸlabrobos
instrumental *ɸlabrū *ɸlabrobim *ɸlabrobis

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llaβar
    • Old Breton: labar
    • Old Cornish: lauar
    • Middle Welsh: llauar
  • Old Irish: labar

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lab(a)ro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 231
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “plab-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 831