Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kliyos. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kliyos, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kliyos in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kliyos you have here. The definition of the word
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kliyos will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kliyos, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Proto-Celtic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌰 (hleiduma, “left”), and Latin clīvius (“inauspicious”). The left direction was considered a taboo and all Indo-European words meaning "left" come from words meaning "bent" or "crooked" as a result.
Adjective
*kliyos[2]
- left
- Synonym: *souyos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
|
| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*kliyos
|
*kliyou
|
*kliyoi
|
| vocative
|
*kliye
|
*kliyou
|
*kliyoi
|
| accusative
|
*kliyom
|
*kliyou
|
*kliyoms
|
| genitive
|
*kliyī
|
*kliyous
|
*kliyom
|
| dative
|
*kliyūi
|
*kliyobom
|
*kliyobos
|
| instrumental
|
*kliyū
|
*kliyobim
|
*kliyobis
|
| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*kliyā
|
*kliyai
|
*kliyās
|
| vocative
|
*kliyā
|
*kliyai
|
*kliyās
|
| accusative
|
*kliyam
|
*kliyai
|
*kliyams
|
| genitive
|
*kliyās
|
*kliyous
|
*kliyom
|
| dative
|
*kliyai
|
*kliyābom
|
*kliyābos
|
| instrumental
|
*?
|
*kliyābim
|
*kliyābis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*kliyom
|
*kliyou
|
*kliyā
|
| vocative
|
*kliyom
|
*kliyou
|
*kliyā
|
| accusative
|
*kliyom
|
*kliyou
|
*kliyā
|
| genitive
|
*kliyī
|
*kliyous
|
*kliyom
|
| dative
|
*kliyūi
|
*kliyobom
|
*kliyobos
|
| instrumental
|
*kliyū
|
*kliyobim
|
*kliyobis
|
| Declension of the comparative
|
| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*kliyyūs
|
*?
|
*kliyyoses
|
| vocative
|
*kliyyūs
|
*?
|
*kliyyoses
|
| accusative
|
*kliyyosam
|
*?
|
*kliyyosams
|
| genitive
|
*kliyisos
|
*?
|
*kliyisom
|
| dative
|
*kliyisei
|
*?
|
*kliyisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*kliyisī
|
*?
|
*kliyisbis
|
| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*kliyyūs
|
*?
|
*kliyyoses
|
| vocative
|
*kliyyūs
|
*?
|
*kliyyoses
|
| accusative
|
*kliyyosam
|
*?
|
*kliyyosams
|
| genitive
|
*kliyisos
|
*?
|
*kliyisom
|
| dative
|
*kliyisei
|
*?
|
*kliyisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*kliyisī
|
*?
|
*kliyisbis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*kliyis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| vocative
|
*kliyis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| accusative
|
*kliyis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| genitive
|
*kliyisos
|
*?
|
*kliyisom
|
| dative
|
*kliyisei
|
*?
|
*kliyisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*kliyisī
|
*?
|
*kliyisbis
|
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klēyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 94, page 61; reprinted 2017
