Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/aigrā

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eygʰ- (“sharp”), which may be connected to Lithuanian aĩgara (“straw, a bit”), Proto-Slavic *jьgъla (“needle”), and more closely Proto-Slavic *jьgra (“play, game”) (the sense developing from "sharp" > "joke" > "play, game" in Slavic and to "satire, defamation" in Celtic)[1]

Noun

*aigrā f

  1. defamation
  2. satire

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *aigrā *aigrai *aigrās
vocative *aigrā *aigrai *aigrās
accusative *aigram *aigrai *aigrāms
genitive *aigrās *aigrous *aigrom
dative *aigrāi *aigrābom *aigrābos
locative *aigrai *? *?
instrumental *? *aigrābim *aigrābis

Reconstruction notes

  • Whether Middle Welsh orneir belongs here is uncertain, since it would require a special phonetic development *aigr > eir which has no other example or counterexample.

Descendants

  • >? Proto-Brythonic:
    • ⇒ Middle Welsh: orneir (“blame, slander”)
  • Old Irish: áer

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 442-443.
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