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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lubā

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 Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (leaf). Compare with English leaf and Latin liber (book).

Noun

*lubā f[1]

  1. herb, plant

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lubā *lubai *lubās
vocative *lubā *lubai *lubās
accusative *lubam *lubai *lubāms
genitive *lubās *lubous *lubom
dative *lubāi *lubābom *lubābos
locative *lubai *? *?
instrumental *? *lubābim *lubābis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: luib

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 247
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