"kʷerstā" meaning in Proto-Celtic

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Noun

Etymology: Derived from a root *kʷres-, seen also in *kʷresnom and more distantly, Proto-West Germanic *hursti. The traditional ascription to Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”) is rejected by Van Sluis and Stifter for semantic reasons. Etymology templates: {{cog|gmw-pro|*hursti}} Proto-West Germanic *hursti, {{noncog|ine-pro|*pérkus|t=oak}} Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”) Head templates: {{head|cel-pro|noun|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} *kʷerstā f Inflection templates: {{cel-decl-noun-a-f|kʷerst}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kʷerstā [nominative, singular], kʷerstai [dual, nominative], kʷerstās [nominative, plural], kʷerstā [singular, vocative], kʷerstai [dual, vocative], kʷerstās [plural, vocative], kʷerstam [accusative, singular], kʷerstai [accusative, dual], kʷerstāns [accusative, plural], kʷerstās [genitive, singular], kʷerstous [dual, genitive], kʷerstom [genitive, plural], kʷerstāi [dative, singular], kʷerstābom [dative, dual], kʷerstābos [dative, plural], kʷerstai [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], - [locative, plural], - [instrumental, singular], kʷerstābim [dual, instrumental], kʷerstābis [instrumental, plural]
  1. hedge, bush Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-kʷerstā-cel-pro-noun-oSHM0Xsq Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "lang_code": "kw",
          "word": "perth"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "lang_code": "kw",
          "word": "Penberth"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Welsh",
              "lang_code": "cy",
              "word": "perth"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Welsh",
          "lang_code": "wlm",
          "word": "perth"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "Perth"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Pictish",
          "lang_code": "xpi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
      "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
      "word": "*perθ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "word": "ceirt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*hursti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hursti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*pérkus",
        "t": "oak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from a root *kʷres-, seen also in *kʷresnom and more distantly, Proto-West Germanic *hursti. The traditional ascription to Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”) is rejected by Van Sluis and Stifter for semantic reasons.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cel-decl-noun-a-f",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstāns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstābom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstābos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstābim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstābis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*kʷerstā f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kʷerst"
      },
      "name": "cel-decl-noun-a-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
  "lang_code": "cel-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷerstā",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "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 with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hedge, bush"
      ],
      "id": "en-kʷerstā-cel-pro-noun-oSHM0Xsq",
      "links": [
        [
          "hedge",
          "hedge"
        ],
        [
          "bush",
          "bush"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kʷerstā"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "lang_code": "kw",
          "word": "perth"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "lang_code": "kw",
          "word": "Penberth"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Welsh",
              "lang_code": "cy",
              "word": "perth"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Welsh",
          "lang_code": "wlm",
          "word": "perth"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "Perth"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Pictish",
          "lang_code": "xpi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
      "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
      "word": "*perθ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "word": "ceirt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*hursti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hursti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*pérkus",
        "t": "oak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from a root *kʷres-, seen also in *kʷresnom and more distantly, Proto-West Germanic *hursti. The traditional ascription to Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”) is rejected by Van Sluis and Stifter for semantic reasons.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cel-decl-noun-a-f",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstāns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstābom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstābos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstābim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kʷerstābis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*kʷerstā f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kʷerst"
      },
      "name": "cel-decl-noun-a-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
  "lang_code": "cel-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷerstā",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Celtic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Celtic lemmas",
        "Proto-Celtic nouns",
        "Proto-Celtic ā-stem nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hedge, bush"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hedge",
          "hedge"
        ],
        [
          "bush",
          "bush"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kʷerstā"
}

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