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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus ~ *h₁ln̥gʷʰéws.
Adjective
*legus (comparative *lagyūs, superlative *lagisamos)[1][2][3]
- small
- Synonym: *biggos
Inflection
| U-stem
|
| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*legus
|
*legū
|
*legowes
|
| vocative
|
*legu
|
*legū
|
*legūs
|
| accusative
|
*legum
|
*legū
|
*leguns
|
| genitive
|
*lagous
|
*lagous
|
*lagowom
|
| dative
|
*lagou
|
*lagubom
|
*lagubos
|
| instrumental
|
*lagū
|
*lagubim
|
*lagubis
|
| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*legus
|
*legū
|
*legowes
|
| vocative
|
*legu
|
*legū
|
*legūs
|
| accusative
|
*legum
|
*legū
|
*leguns
|
| genitive
|
*lagous
|
*lagous
|
*lagowom
|
| dative
|
*lagou
|
*lagubom
|
*lagubos
|
| instrumental
|
*lagū
|
*lagubim
|
*lagubis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*legu
|
*legū
|
*legwā
|
| vocative
|
*legu
|
*legū
|
*legwā
|
| accusative
|
*legu
|
*legū
|
*legwā
|
| genitive
|
*lagous
|
*lagous
|
*lagowom
|
| dative
|
*lagou
|
*lagubom
|
*lagubos
|
| instrumental
|
*lagū
|
*lagubim
|
*lagubis
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 305: “*lagu̯-o-;*lagu-”
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “small *legu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 321
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*legu-, *lagu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
