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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-tis (abstract suffix), with the -a- being extracted from laryngeal-final roots. That abstract suffix doubling as an agent suffix is not unheard of in Indo-European.[1]
Suffix
*-atis m
- suffix forming agent nouns
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine i-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*-atis
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*-atī
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*-atīs
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| vocative
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*-ati
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*-atī
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*-atīs
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| accusative
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*-atim
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*-atī
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*-atims
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| genitive
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*-ateis
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*-atyow
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*-atyom
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| dative
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*-atei
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*-atibom
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*-atibos
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| locative
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*-atei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*-atī
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*-atibim
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*-atibis
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Derived terms
- *-yatis (extended Insular variant)
Descendants
References
- ^ McCone, Kim (1995) “OIr. Senchae, Senchaid and Preliminaries on Agent Noun Formation in Celtic”, in Ériu, volume 46, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 1 March 2023, pages 1–10
