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English
Adjective
arsier
- comparative form of arsy: more arsy
Anagrams
Umbrian
Etymology
Unknown. The scholar Carl Darling Buck considers to have likely derived from the same root as arsmor. The linguist Nicholas Zair suggests that it may be cognate with Middle Irish ad (“law, custom”), Old Irish adas (“suitable”), Old Irish adae (“fitting”).
Noun
arsier (genitive singular) (late Iguvine)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: of the ceremony, ritual, sacrifice
Usage notes
Although Buck lists arsie as a vocative singular, Poultney lists the term as a possibly a locative singular. The form arsir may be interpreted as the dative-ablative plural of this term or as the Umbrian equivalent of alius.
Declension
References
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
- Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association
- Nicholas Zair (2024) Indo-European Interfaces: Integrating Linguistics, Mythology and Archaeology, volume 1, Stockholm University Press, →ISBN, page 258