Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/textomāros
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *texto- (“possession”) + *māros (“great”).
Adjective
*textomāros
- having many goods or possessions
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *textomāros | *textomārou | *textomāroi |
| vocative | *textomāre | *textomārou | *textomāroi |
| accusative | *textomārom | *textomārou | *textomārons |
| genitive | *textomārī | *textomārous | *textomārom |
| dative | *textomārūi | *textomārobom | *textomārobos |
| instrumental | *textomārū | *textomārobim | *textomārobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *textomārā | *textomārai | *textomārās |
| vocative | *textomārā | *textomārai | *textomārās |
| accusative | *textomāram | *textomārai | *textomārans |
| genitive | *textomārās | *textomārous | *textomārom |
| dative | *textomārai | *textomārābom | *textomārābos |
| instrumental | *? | *textomārābim | *textomārābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *textomārom | *textomārou | *textomārā |
| vocative | *textomārom | *textomārou | *textomārā |
| accusative | *textomārom | *textomārou | *textomārā |
| genitive | *textomārī | *textomārous | *textomārom |
| dative | *textomārūi | *textomārobom | *textomārobos |
| instrumental | *textomārū | *textomārobim | *textomārobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *textomāryūs | *? | *textomāryoses |
| vocative | *textomāryūs | *? | *textomāryoses |
| accusative | *textomāryosam | *? | *textomāryosans |
| genitive | *textomārisos | *? | *textomārisom |
| dative | *textomārisei | *? | *textomārisbos |
| instrumental | *textomārisī | *? | *textomārisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *textomāryūs | *? | *textomāryoses |
| vocative | *textomāryūs | *? | *textomāryoses |
| accusative | *textomāryosam | *? | *textomāryosans |
| genitive | *textomārisos | *? | *textomārisom |
| dative | *textomārisei | *? | *textomārisbos |
| instrumental | *textomārisī | *? | *textomārisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *textomāris | *? | *? |
| vocative | *textomāris | *? | *? |
| accusative | *textomāris | *? | *? |
| genitive | *textomārisos | *? | *textomārisom |
| dative | *textomārisei | *? | *textomārisbos |
| instrumental | *textomārisī | *? | *textomārisbis |
Descendants
- Middle Irish: techtmar (epithet of legendary king Tuathal)
- Gaulish: *Tectomāros
- → Ancient Greek: Τεκτομάρος (Tektomáros) (name of a Galatian)
Further reading
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “tecto-, texto-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 294