"-sman" meaning in Proto-Celtic

See -sman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, extended with -s-. Plain *-man also existed but was less common in Celtic. The s-variant also turns up in Italic and in several ancient Hellenic dialects, in addition to occasional appearances in Balto-Slavic. Etymology templates: {{etymon|cel-pro|der|ine-pro>*-mn̥>nouns|id=action nouns}}, {{inh|cel-pro|ine-pro|*-mn̥}} Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Head templates: {{head|cel-pro|suffix|g=n}} *-sman n Inflection templates: {{cel-decl-noun-n-n|-sm}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -sman [nominative, singular], -smane? [dual, nominative], -smana [nominative, plural], -sman [singular, vocative], -smane? [dual, vocative], -smana [plural, vocative], -sman [accusative, singular], -smane? [accusative, dual], -smana [accusative, plural], -smens [genitive, singular], -smenous? [dual, genitive], -smenom [genitive, plural], -smenei [dative, singular], -smembom [dative, dual], -smembos [dative, plural], -smen [locative, singular], -smeni [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], - [locative, plural], -smenei [instrumental, singular], -smembim [dual, instrumental], -smembis [instrumental, plural]
  1. Forms action nouns from verbal roots. Tags: morpheme, neuter, reconstruction
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "der",
        "3": "ine-pro>*-mn̥>nouns",
        "id": "action nouns"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-mn̥"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, extended with -s-. Plain *-man also existed but was less common in Celtic. The s-variant also turns up in Italic and in several ancient Hellenic dialects, in addition to occasional appearances in Balto-Slavic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cel-decl-noun-n-n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neuter n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-sman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smane?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-sman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smane?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-sman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smane?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smens",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smenous?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smenom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smenei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smembom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smembos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smeni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smenei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smembim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smembis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "*-sman n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-sm"
      },
      "name": "cel-decl-noun-n-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
  "lang_code": "cel-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-sman",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Celtic entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
          "parents": [
            "Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "keng- (“to step”) + *-sman → *kanxsman (“step”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "leng- (“to leap”) + *-sman → *lanxsman (“leap”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "brag- (“to fart”) + *-sman → *braxsman (“fart”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms action nouns from verbal roots."
      ],
      "id": "en--sman-cel-pro-suffix-q1p~HBhB",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-sman"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "der",
        "3": "ine-pro>*-mn̥>nouns",
        "id": "action nouns"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-mn̥"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, extended with -s-. Plain *-man also existed but was less common in Celtic. The s-variant also turns up in Italic and in several ancient Hellenic dialects, in addition to occasional appearances in Balto-Slavic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cel-decl-noun-n-n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neuter n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-sman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smane?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-sman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smane?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-sman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smane?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smens",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smenous?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smenom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smenei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smembom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smembos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smeni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smenei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smembim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-smembis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "*-sman n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-sm"
      },
      "name": "cel-decl-noun-n-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
  "lang_code": "cel-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-sman",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Celtic entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
        "Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Celtic lemmas",
        "Proto-Celtic n-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Celtic neuter suffixes",
        "Proto-Celtic suffixes",
        "Proto-Celtic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Celtic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "keng- (“to step”) + *-sman → *kanxsman (“step”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "leng- (“to leap”) + *-sman → *lanxsman (“leap”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "brag- (“to fart”) + *-sman → *braxsman (“fart”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms action nouns from verbal roots."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-sman"
}

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