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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown. Pokorny offers a connection to Latvian kails (“bare”), but Delamarre and Matasović identify this comparison as semantically dubious.[1][2]
Adjective
*koilos
- thin, narrow
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
|
| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*koilos
|
*koilou
|
*koiloi
|
| vocative
|
*koile
|
*koilou
|
*koiloi
|
| accusative
|
*koilom
|
*koilou
|
*koiloms
|
| genitive
|
*koilī
|
*koilous
|
*koilom
|
| dative
|
*koilūi
|
*koilobom
|
*koilobos
|
| instrumental
|
*koilū
|
*koilobim
|
*koilobis
|
| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*koilā
|
*koilai
|
*koilās
|
| vocative
|
*koilā
|
*koilai
|
*koilās
|
| accusative
|
*koilam
|
*koilai
|
*koilams
|
| genitive
|
*koilās
|
*koilous
|
*koilom
|
| dative
|
*koilai
|
*koilābom
|
*koilābos
|
| instrumental
|
*?
|
*koilābim
|
*koilābis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*koilom
|
*koilou
|
*koilā
|
| vocative
|
*koilom
|
*koilou
|
*koilā
|
| accusative
|
*koilom
|
*koilou
|
*koilā
|
| genitive
|
*koilī
|
*koilous
|
*koilom
|
| dative
|
*koilūi
|
*koilobom
|
*koilobos
|
| instrumental
|
*koilū
|
*koilobim
|
*koilobis
|
| Declension of the comparative
|
| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*koilyūs
|
*?
|
*koilyoses
|
| vocative
|
*koilyūs
|
*?
|
*koilyoses
|
| accusative
|
*koilyosam
|
*?
|
*koilyosams
|
| genitive
|
*koilisos
|
*?
|
*koilisom
|
| dative
|
*koilisei
|
*?
|
*koilisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*koilisī
|
*?
|
*koilisbis
|
| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*koilyūs
|
*?
|
*koilyoses
|
| vocative
|
*koilyūs
|
*?
|
*koilyoses
|
| accusative
|
*koilyosam
|
*?
|
*koilyosams
|
| genitive
|
*koilisos
|
*?
|
*koilisom
|
| dative
|
*koilisei
|
*?
|
*koilisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*koilisī
|
*?
|
*koilisbis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*koilis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| vocative
|
*koilis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| accusative
|
*koilis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| genitive
|
*koilisos
|
*?
|
*koilisom
|
| dative
|
*koilisei
|
*?
|
*koilisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*koilisī
|
*?
|
*koilisbis
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “coilos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 121
