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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *selgati (“to hunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“to send away, set loose”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λαγάσαι (lagásai, “to set free”) and Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjáti, “sets loose”).
Noun
*selgā f
- a hunt
Declension
| Feminine ā-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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*selgā
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*selgai
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*selgās
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| vocative
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*selgā
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*selgai
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*selgās
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| accusative
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*selgam
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*selgai
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*selgāms
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| genitive
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*selgās
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*selgous
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*selgom
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| dative
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*selgāi
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*selgābom
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*selgābos
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| locative
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*selgai
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*selgābim
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*selgābis
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Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*selgā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 329
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “selg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
