Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/noibos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *neybʰ- (“blessed, holy, fortunate”),[1] possibly from *ney- (“to be excited”). Cognate with Proto-Iranian *naybah.[2]
Adjective
*noibos
Inflection
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *noibos | *noibou | *noiboi |
| vocative | *noibe | *noibou | *noiboi |
| accusative | *noibom | *noibou | *noibons |
| genitive | *noibī | *noibous | *noibom |
| dative | *noibūi | *noibobom | *noibobos |
| instrumental | *noibū | *noibobim | *noibobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *noibā | *noibai | *noibās |
| vocative | *noibā | *noibai | *noibās |
| accusative | *noibam | *noibai | *noibans |
| genitive | *noibās | *noibous | *noibom |
| dative | *noibai | *noibābom | *noibābos |
| instrumental | *? | *noibābim | *noibābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *noibom | *noibou | *noibā |
| vocative | *noibom | *noibou | *noibā |
| accusative | *noibom | *noibou | *noibā |
| genitive | *noibī | *noibous | *noibom |
| dative | *noibūi | *noibobom | *noibobos |
| instrumental | *noibū | *noibobim | *noibobis |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *noibyūs | *? | *noibyoses |
| vocative | *noibyūs | *? | *noibyoses |
| accusative | *noibyosam | *? | *noibyosans |
| genitive | *noibisos | *? | *noibisom |
| dative | *noibisei | *? | *noibisbos |
| instrumental | *noibisī | *? | *noibisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *noibyūs | *? | *noibyoses |
| vocative | *noibyūs | *? | *noibyoses |
| accusative | *noibyosam | *? | *noibyosans |
| genitive | *noibisos | *? | *noibisom |
| dative | *noibisei | *? | *noibisbos |
| instrumental | *noibisī | *? | *noibisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *noibis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *noibis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *noibis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *noibisos | *? | *noibisom |
| dative | *noibisei | *? | *noibisbos |
| instrumental | *noibisī | *? | *noibisbis |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Irish: noíb, nóeb, ⇒ noíbe
- ⇒ Gaulish:
- → Latin: Noibia, Noibio
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*nēbo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “noibo-”, 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 236