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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *neybʰ- (“blessed, holy, fortunate”),[1] possibly from *ney- (“to be excited”). Cognate with Proto-Iranian *naybah.[2]
Adjective
*noibos
- holy, sacred
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*noibos
|
*noibou
|
*noiboi
|
| vocative
|
*noibe
|
*noibou
|
*noiboi
|
| accusative
|
*noibom
|
*noibou
|
*noiboms
|
| genitive
|
*noibī
|
*noibous
|
*noibom
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| dative
|
*noibūi
|
*noibobom
|
*noibobos
|
| instrumental
|
*noibū
|
*noibobim
|
*noibobis
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| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*noibā
|
*noibai
|
*noibās
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| vocative
|
*noibā
|
*noibai
|
*noibās
|
| accusative
|
*noibam
|
*noibai
|
*noibams
|
| genitive
|
*noibās
|
*noibous
|
*noibom
|
| dative
|
*noibai
|
*noibābom
|
*noibābos
|
| instrumental
|
*?
|
*noibābim
|
*noibābis
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| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*noibom
|
*noibou
|
*noibā
|
| vocative
|
*noibom
|
*noibou
|
*noibā
|
| accusative
|
*noibom
|
*noibou
|
*noibā
|
| genitive
|
*noibī
|
*noibous
|
*noibom
|
| dative
|
*noibūi
|
*noibobom
|
*noibobos
|
| instrumental
|
*noibū
|
*noibobim
|
*noibobis
|
| Declension of the comparative
|
| masculine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*noibyūs
|
*?
|
*noibyoses
|
| vocative
|
*noibyūs
|
*?
|
*noibyoses
|
| accusative
|
*noibyosam
|
*?
|
*noibyosams
|
| genitive
|
*noibisos
|
*?
|
*noibisom
|
| dative
|
*noibisei
|
*?
|
*noibisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*noibisī
|
*?
|
*noibisbis
|
| feminine
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*noibyūs
|
*?
|
*noibyoses
|
| vocative
|
*noibyūs
|
*?
|
*noibyoses
|
| accusative
|
*noibyosam
|
*?
|
*noibyosams
|
| genitive
|
*noibisos
|
*?
|
*noibisom
|
| dative
|
*noibisei
|
*?
|
*noibisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*noibisī
|
*?
|
*noibisbis
|
| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
*noibis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| vocative
|
*noibis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| accusative
|
*noibis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| genitive
|
*noibisos
|
*?
|
*noibisom
|
| dative
|
*noibisei
|
*?
|
*noibisbos
|
| instrumental
|
*noibisī
|
*?
|
*noibisbis
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nēbo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “noibo-”, 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 236
