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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown; most likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.
Noun
*klukā f
- stone, rock
Declension
Feminine ā-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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*klokā
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*klokai
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*klokās
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| vocative
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*klokā
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*klokai
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*klokās
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| accusative
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*klokam
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*klokai
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*klokāns
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| genitive
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*klokās
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*klokous
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*klokom
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| dative
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*klokāi
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*klokābom
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*klokābos
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| locative
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*klokai
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*klokābim
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*klokābis
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Reconstruction notes
- For connecting this to *klokerom (“heap of stones”) to work, as Matasović and James do, *klokā, not *klukā must be reconstructed, as the i-affected outcome in Welsh clegyr exposes the stem vowel as *o (otherwise the Welsh word would end up as **clygyr).
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
