Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/benā
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ThisProto-Celticentry containsreconstructed terms and roots.As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested,but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparativeevidence. |
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A re-formation of*ben(directly inherited fromProto-Indo-European*gʷḗn<*gʷenh₂) as a feminineā-stem.
Noun
[edit]*benāf[1]
Declension
[edit]| Ā-stem, irregular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *benā | *bnai? | *bnās |
| vocative | *benā | *bnai? | *bnās |
| accusative | *benam | *bnai? | *bnams |
| genitive | *bnās | *bnous | *banom |
| dative | *bnāi | *bnābom | *bnābos |
| locative | *bnai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *bnābim | *bnābis |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Matasović, Ranko(2009) “*benā, *bena”, inEtymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic(Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden:Brill,→ISBN,page61