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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”), whence also Latin mītis, Lithuanian meilė, and Sanskrit मयस् (mayas).[1]
Adjective
*mīnis[1][2]
- smooth
- soft, gentle
- Synonym: *mēnos
Inflection
| I-stem
|
| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*mīnis
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnīs
|
| vocative
|
*mīni
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnīs
|
| accusative
|
*mīnim
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnims
|
| genitive
|
*mīneis
|
*mīnyou
|
*mīnyom
|
| dative
|
*mīnei
|
*mīnibom
|
*mīnibos
|
| instrumental
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnibim
|
*mīnibis
|
| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*mīnis
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnīs
|
| vocative
|
*mīni
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnīs
|
| accusative
|
*mīnim
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnims
|
| genitive
|
*mīneis
|
*mīnyou
|
*mīnyom
|
| dative
|
*mīnei
|
*mīnibom
|
*mīnibos
|
| instrumental
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnibim
|
*mīnibis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*mīni
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnyā
|
| vocative
|
*mīni
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnyā
|
| accusative
|
*mīni
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnyā
|
| genitive
|
*mīnois
|
*mīnois
|
*mīnyom
|
| dative
|
*mīnē
|
*mīnibom
|
*mīnibos
|
| instrumental
|
*mīnī
|
*mīnibim
|
*mīnibis
|
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “minio-, meno-”, 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 227
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 119
