Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sīnā
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Proto-Celtic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Suggested to be related to *sīniti (“to stretch, extend”) (whence Middle Irish sínid) and *sīros (“long”), from *seh₁- (“long, lasting”), compare semantics of French temps (“time; weather”), from Latin tempus (“time; season”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to stretch”).[1]
Noun[edit]
*sīnā f[1]
Inflection[edit]
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *sīnā | *sīnai | *sīnās |
vocative | *sīnā | *sīnai | *sīnās |
accusative | *sīnam | *sīnai | *sīnāms |
genitive | *sīnās | *sīnous | *sīnom |
dative | *sīnāi | *sīnābom | *sīnābos |
locative | *sīnai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *sīnābim | *sīnābis |