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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trougokaros
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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. |
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *trougos (“miserable, pitiful”) + *-karos (“loving”), literally “loving the pitiful”.
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *trougokaros | *trougokarou | *trougokaroi |
| vocative | *trougokare | *trougokarou | *trougokaroi |
| accusative | *trougokarom | *trougokarou | *trougokaroms |
| genitive | *trougokarī | *trougokarous | *trougokarom |
| dative | *trougokarūi | *trougokarobom | *trougokarobos |
| instrumental | *trougokarū | *trougokarobim | *trougokarobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *trougokarā | *trougokarai | *trougokarās |
| vocative | *trougokarā | *trougokarai | *trougokarās |
| accusative | *trougokaram | *trougokarai | *trougokarams |
| genitive | *trougokarās | *trougokarous | *trougokarom |
| dative | *trougokarai | *trougokarābom | *trougokarābos |
| instrumental | *? | *trougokarābim | *trougokarābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *trougokarom | *trougokarou | *trougokarā |
| vocative | *trougokarom | *trougokarou | *trougokarā |
| accusative | *trougokarom | *trougokarou | *trougokarā |
| genitive | *trougokarī | *trougokarous | *trougokarom |
| dative | *trougokarūi | *trougokarobom | *trougokarobos |
| instrumental | *trougokarū | *trougokarobim | *trougokarobis |
Reconstruction notes
Matasović reconstructs *trougkaros, without a thematic vowel,[1] but it is morphologically bizarre to do so for a derivative of a thematic adjective and as such will not be followed here. An athematic compound is not required to phonetically explain any descendants.
Derived terms
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*trowgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 390
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