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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *ad- (“law, custom”) followed by an obscure second element.
- Pedersen thinks the second element -ast- is an incarnation of the common -st- noun formant, but -st- suffixes are generally never adjectival.
- Matasović erroneously reconstructs the ending as -estus. This reconstruction is incorrect because the suffix cannot have had an -e-, as demonstrated by Brittonic suffixal -a-.
- Hamp derives the second element from a Celtic counterpart to Latin astō (“to be present, stand by”).
Adjective
*adastos
- suitable, fitting, proper
Inflection
O/ā-stem
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masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*adastos
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*adastou
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*adastoi
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vocative
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*adaste
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*adastou
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*adastoi
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accusative
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*adastom
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*adastou
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*adastons
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genitive
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*adastī
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*adastous
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*adastom
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dative
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*adastūi
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*adastobom
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*adastobos
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instrumental
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*adastū
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*adastobim
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*adastobis
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feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*adastā
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*adastai
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*adastās
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vocative
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*adastā
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*adastai
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*adastās
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accusative
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*adastam
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*adastai
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*adastans
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genitive
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*adastās
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*adastous
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*adastom
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dative
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*adastai
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*adastābom
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*adastābos
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instrumental
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*?
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*adastābim
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*adastābis
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neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*adastom
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*adastou
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*adastā
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vocative
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*adastom
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*adastou
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*adastā
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accusative
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*adastom
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*adastou
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*adastā
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genitive
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*adastī
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*adastous
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*adastom
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dative
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*adastūi
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*adastobom
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*adastobos
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instrumental
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*adastū
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*adastobim
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*adastobis
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Declension of the comparative
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masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*adastyūs
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*?
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*adastyoses
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vocative
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*adastyūs
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*?
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*adastyoses
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accusative
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*adastyosam
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*?
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*adastyosans
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genitive
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*adastisos
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*?
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*adastisom
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dative
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*adastisei
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*?
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*adastisbos
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instrumental
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*adastisī
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*?
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*adastisbis
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feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*adastyūs
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*?
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*adastyoses
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vocative
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*adastyūs
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*?
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*adastyoses
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accusative
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*adastyosam
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*?
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*adastyosans
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genitive
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*adastisos
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*?
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*adastisom
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dative
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*adastisei
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*?
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*adastisbos
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instrumental
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*adastisī
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*?
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*adastisbis
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neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*adastis
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*?
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*?
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vocative
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*adastis
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*?
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*?
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accusative
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*adastis
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*?
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*?
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genitive
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*adastisos
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*?
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*adastisom
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dative
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*adastisei
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*?
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*adastisbos
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instrumental
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*adastisī
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*?
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*adastisbis
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ad(u)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
- ^ Hamp, Eric (1976) “Notes on Old Breton”, in Études Celtiques, volume 15, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 191–193
- ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “cimadas”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 29