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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Possibly related to Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “slow; foolish, stupid”),[1][2], from a root Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- (“to delay”); a derivation from this root can be justified given the known semantic pathway of deriving words for mental disabilities from words meaning "slow" or "delayed".[3] However, for unknown reasons, Zair is uncomfortable with relating this root to the Ancient Greek word.
Adjective
*meros
- mad
- crazy
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
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singular
|
dual
|
plural
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| nominative
|
*meros
|
*merou
|
*meroi
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| vocative
|
*mere
|
*merou
|
*meroi
|
| accusative
|
*merom
|
*merou
|
*meroms
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| genitive
|
*merī
|
*merous
|
*merom
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| dative
|
*merūi
|
*merobom
|
*merobos
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| instrumental
|
*merū
|
*merobim
|
*merobis
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| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*merā
|
*merai
|
*merās
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| vocative
|
*merā
|
*merai
|
*merās
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| accusative
|
*meram
|
*merai
|
*merams
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| genitive
|
*merās
|
*merous
|
*merom
|
| dative
|
*merai
|
*merābom
|
*merābos
|
| instrumental
|
*?
|
*merābim
|
*merābis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*merom
|
*merou
|
*merā
|
| vocative
|
*merom
|
*merou
|
*merā
|
| accusative
|
*merom
|
*merou
|
*merā
|
| genitive
|
*merī
|
*merous
|
*merom
|
| dative
|
*merūi
|
*merobom
|
*merobos
|
| instrumental
|
*merū
|
*merobim
|
*merobis
|
| Declension of the comparative
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| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*meryūs
|
*?
|
*meryoses
|
| vocative
|
*meryūs
|
*?
|
*meryoses
|
| accusative
|
*meryosam
|
*?
|
*meryosams
|
| genitive
|
*merisos
|
*?
|
*merisom
|
| dative
|
*merisei
|
*?
|
*merisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*merisī
|
*?
|
*merisbis
|
| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*meryūs
|
*?
|
*meryoses
|
| vocative
|
*meryūs
|
*?
|
*meryoses
|
| accusative
|
*meryosam
|
*?
|
*meryosams
|
| genitive
|
*merisos
|
*?
|
*merisom
|
| dative
|
*merisei
|
*?
|
*merisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*merisī
|
*?
|
*merisbis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*meris
|
*?
|
*?
|
| vocative
|
*meris
|
*?
|
*?
|
| accusative
|
*meris
|
*?
|
*?
|
| genitive
|
*merisos
|
*?
|
*merisom
|
| dative
|
*merisei
|
*?
|
*merisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*merisī
|
*?
|
*merisbis
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mero-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 267
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “mero-”, 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 225
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
