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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown; most likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.[1]
Noun
*krittā f
- body, frame, shape
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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*krittā
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*krittai
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*krittās
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| vocative
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*krittā
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*krittai
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*krittās
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| accusative
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*krittam
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*krittai
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*krittāms
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| genitive
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*krittās
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*krittous
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*krittom
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| dative
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*krittāi
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*krittābom
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*krittābos
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| locative
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*krittai
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*krittābim
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*krittābis
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Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe, volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 37
