Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gleistos

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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

Matasović relates this to *gloiwos (whence Welsh gloyw) and what he reconstructs as *gleiwis (whence Old Irish glé).[1]

Adjective

*gleistos[2]

  1. bright, shining

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *gleistos *gleistou *gleistoi
vocative *gleiste *gleistou *gleistoi
accusative *gleistom *gleistou *gleistoms
genitive *gleistī *gleistous *gleistom
dative *gleistūi *gleistobom *gleistobos
instrumental *gleistū *gleistobim *gleistobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *gleistā *gleistai *gleistās
vocative *gleistā *gleistai *gleistās
accusative *gleistam *gleistai *gleistams
genitive *gleistās *gleistous *gleistom
dative *gleistai *gleistābom *gleistābos
instrumental *? *gleistābim *gleistābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *gleistom *gleistou *gleistā
vocative *gleistom *gleistou *gleistā
accusative *gleistom *gleistou *gleistā
genitive *gleistī *gleistous *gleistom
dative *gleistūi *gleistobom *gleistobos
instrumental *gleistū *gleistobim *gleistobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *gleistyūs *? *gleistyoses
vocative *gleistyūs *? *gleistyoses
accusative *gleistyosam *? *gleistyosams
genitive *gleistisos *? *gleistisom
dative *gleistisei *? *gleistisbos
instrumental *gleistisī *? *gleistisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *gleistyūs *? *gleistyoses
vocative *gleistyūs *? *gleistyoses
accusative *gleistyosam *? *gleistyosams
genitive *gleistisos *? *gleistisom
dative *gleistisei *? *gleistisbos
instrumental *gleistisī *? *gleistisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *gleistis *? *?
vocative *gleistis *? *?
accusative *gleistis *? *?
genitive *gleistisos *? *gleistisom
dative *gleistisei *? *gleistisbos
instrumental *gleistisī *? *gleistisbis

Reconstruction notes

  • Matasović's *gloistos is an obvious mistake; the vowel correspondences in Irish and Welsh point to *ei, not *oi.

Derived terms

  • *gleist-iyā
    • Old Irish: glésse (“brightness”)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎, Zagreb, page 18
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “shining”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 308
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