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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Often compared to Latin culex. Pokorny, followed by Schrijver and Zair, connect the terms to Sanskrit शूल (śūla, “stake”).[1] Matasović is not confident in this connection.[2]
Noun
*kulis f
- fly, gnat
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine i-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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*kulis
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*kulī
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*kulīs
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| vocative
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*kuli
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*kulī
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*kulīs
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| accusative
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*kulim
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*kulī
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*kulims
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| genitive
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*kuleis
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*kulyow
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*kulyom
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| dative
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*kulei
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*kulibom
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*kulibos
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| locative
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*kulei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*kulī
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*kulibim
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*kulibis
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Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: (pluralized)
- Old Irish: cuil
References
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kuli-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 229
