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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
A closely related suffix in Indo-Aryan exists in Sanskrit -तव्य (-tavya).[1] They are probably extensions of Proto-Indo-European *-tus (action noun suffix).
Suffix
*-towyos[1][2]
- Forms verbals of necessity or gerundives.
Usage notes
This suffix was attached to the same allomorph of the root as the past passive participle.
Inflection
| Masculine o-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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*-towyos
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*-towyou
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*-towyoi
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| vocative
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*-towye
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*-towyou
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*-towyoi
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| accusative
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*-towyom
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*-towyou
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*-towyons
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| genitive
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*-towyī
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*-towyous
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*-towyom
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| dative
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*-towyūi
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*-towyobom
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*-towyobos
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| locative
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*-towyei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*-towyū
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*-towyobim
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*-towyūis
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zair, Nicholas (2011) “Olr cuae, MW keu, MB queu 'hollow'”, in Ériu, volume 61, page 165
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 296
