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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“to close”).
Adjective
*klāwos
- capable of closing something
Inflection
Declension of *klāwos (o/ā-stem)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*klāwos
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*klāwā
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*klāwom
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| vocative
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*klāwe
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*klāwa
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*klāwom
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| accusative
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*klāwom
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*klāwam
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*klāwom
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| genitive
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*klāwosjo, klāwī
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*klāwās
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*klāwosjo, klāwī
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| dative
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*klāwōi
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*klāwāi
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*klāwōi
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| ablative
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*klāwōd
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*klāwād
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*klāwōd
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| locative
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*klāwei
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*klāwāi
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*klāwei
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|
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*klāwōs, klāwoi
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*klāwās
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*klāwā
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| vocative
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*klāwōs, klāwoi
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*klāwās
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*klāwā
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| accusative
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*klāwons
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*klāwans
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*klāwā
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| genitive
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*klāwom
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*klāwāzōm
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*klāwom
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| dative
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*klāwois
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*klāwais
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*klāwois
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| ablative
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*klāwois
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*klāwais
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*klāwois
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| locative
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*klāwois
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*klāwais
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*klāwois
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Reconstruction notes
This adjective is reconstructed by De Vaan to serve as a unified derivational base for the entire word family of Latin clāvus, clāva, clāvulus, clāvula etc., and Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌚 (klavlaf).
Derived terms
Descendants
- Latin: clāvus, clāva (see there for further descendants)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “clāvus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119
