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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *ad- + *damyeti (“to allow”).[1]
Verb
*addamyeti
- to admit, confess, disclose
- to acknowledge
Inflection
| Thematic present
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| Active voice
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Present
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Imperfect
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Future
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Preterite
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| 1st singular
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*addamyū
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*addamyemam
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?
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—
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| 2nd singular
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*addamyesi
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*addamyetās
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?
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—
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| 3rd singular
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*addamyeti
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*addamyeto
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?
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—
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| 1st plural
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*addamyomosi
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*addamyemo
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?
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—
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| 2nd plural
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*addamyetesi
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*addamyestē
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?
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—
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| 3rd plural
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*addamyonti
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*addamyento
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?
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—
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Pres. subjunctive
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Past subjunctive
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Imperative
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| 1st singular
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?
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?
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—
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| 2nd singular
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?
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?
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*addamye
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| 3rd singular
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?
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?
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*addamyetou
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| 1st plural
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?
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?
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*addamyomos
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| 2nd plural
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?
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?
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*addamyete
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| 3rd plural
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?
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?
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*addamyontou
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| Passive voice
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Present
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Imperfect
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Future
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Preterite
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| 1st singular
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*addamyūr
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—
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?
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—
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| 2nd singular
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*addamyetar
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—
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?
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—
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| 3rd singular
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*addamyetor
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?
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?
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—
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| 1st plural
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*addamyommor
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—
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?
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—
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| 2nd plural
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*addamyedwe
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—
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?
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—
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| 3rd plural
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*addamyontor
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?
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?
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—
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Pres. subjunctive
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Past subjunctive
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Imperative
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| 1st singular
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?
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—
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—
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| 2nd singular
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?
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—
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—
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| 3rd singular
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?
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—
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—
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| 1st plural
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?
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—
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—
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| 2nd plural
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?
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—
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—
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| 3rd plural
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?
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—
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—
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| Declension of the present participle
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*addamyonts
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*addamyonte
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*addamyontes
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| vocative
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*addamyonts
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*addamyonte
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*addamyontes
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| accusative
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*addamyontam
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*addamyonte
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*addamyontans
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| genitive
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*addamyantos
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*?
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*addamyantom
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| dative
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*addamyantei
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*addamyantbom
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*addamyantbos
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| instrumental
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*addamyantī?
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*addamyantbim
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*addamyantbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*addamyantī
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*addamyantī
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*addamyantiyās
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| vocative
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*addamyantī
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*addamyantī
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*addamyantiyās
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| accusative
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*addamyantīm
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*addamyantī
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*addamyantiyans
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| genitive
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*addamyantyās
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*?
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*addamyantyom
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| dative
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*addamyantyāi
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*addamyantyābom
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*addamyantyābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*addamyantyābim
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*addamyantyābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*addamyont
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*?
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*addamyonta
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| vocative
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*addamyont
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*?
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*addamyonta
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| accusative
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*addamyont
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*?
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*addamyonta
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| genitive
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*addamyantos
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*?
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*addamyantom
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| dative
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*addamyantei
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*?
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*addamyantbos
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| instrumental
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*addamyantī?
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*?
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*addamyantbis
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| Declension of the middle participle
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*addamyomnos
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*addamyomnou
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*addamyomnoi
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| vocative
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*addamyomne
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*addamyomnou
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*addamyomnoi
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| accusative
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*addamyomnom
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*addamyomnou
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*addamyomnons
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| genitive
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*addamyomnī
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*addamyomnous
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*addamyomnom
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| dative
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*addamyomnūi
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*addamyomnobom
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*addamyomnobos
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| instrumental
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*addamyomnū
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*addamyomnobim
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*addamyomnobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*addamyomnā
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*addamyomnai
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*addamyomnās
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| vocative
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*addamyomnā
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*addamyomnai
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*addamyomnās
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| accusative
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*addamyomnam
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*addamyomnai
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*addamyomnans
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| genitive
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*addamyomnās
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*addamyomnous
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*addamyomnom
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| dative
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*addamyomnai
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*addamyomnābom
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*addamyomnābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*addamyomnābim
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*addamyomnābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*addamyomnom
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*addamyomnou
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*addamyomnā
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| vocative
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*addamyomnom
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*addamyomnou
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*addamyomnā
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| accusative
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*addamyomnom
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*addamyomnou
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*addamyomnā
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| genitive
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*addamyomnī
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*addamyomnous
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*addamyomnom
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| dative
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*addamyomnūi
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*addamyomnobom
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*addamyomnobos
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| instrumental
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*addamyomnū
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*addamyomnobim
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*addamyomnobis
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Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *aðdėβ̃
- Middle Welsh: adef, addef
- Welsh: addef
- ⇒ Middle Welsh: kyfadef
- ⇒ Middle Welsh: ymadef
- Old Irish: ad·daim
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ad-dam-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 25