Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lagisamos

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.

Proto-Celtic

Adjective

*lagisamos[1][2]

  1. superlative degree of *legus (“small”): smallest, least

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *lagisamos *lagisamou *lagisamoi
vocative *lagisame *lagisamou *lagisamoi
accusative *lagisamom *lagisamou *lagisamons
genitive *lagisamī *lagisamous *lagisamom
dative *lagisamūi *lagisamobom *lagisamobos
instrumental *lagisamū *lagisamobim *lagisamobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *lagisamā *lagisamai *lagisamās
vocative *lagisamā *lagisamai *lagisamās
accusative *lagisamam *lagisamai *lagisamans
genitive *lagisamās *lagisamous *lagisamom
dative *lagisamai *lagisamābom *lagisamābos
instrumental *? *lagisamābim *lagisamābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *lagisamom *lagisamou *lagisamā
vocative *lagisamom *lagisamou *lagisamā
accusative *lagisamom *lagisamou *lagisamā
genitive *lagisamī *lagisamous *lagisamom
dative *lagisamūi *lagisamobom *lagisamobos
instrumental *lagisamū *lagisamobim *lagisamobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llaɣhaβ̃
    • Old Breton: leham, leiham, laham
    • Cornish: lyha
    • Middle Welsh: lleiaf
      • Welsh: lleiaf, lleia (colloquial)
  • Old Irish: lugimem, lugam

References

  1. ^ Koch, John (2004) “least *lagisamo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 198
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 305: “PCl. *lag-isamos”
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