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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
Superlative suffix. The suffix variant without /i/ can be due to syncope, or generalised from forms in *°''s-isam''-, where /i/ was regularly syncopated ({{bib|Stifter 2012b}}: 256 f.).
Superlative suffix. The suffix variant without /i/ can be due to syncope, or generalised from forms in *°''s-isam''-, where /i/ was regularly syncopated ({{bib|Stifter 2012b}}: 256 f.). See also {{m||-am-}}.
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 2 July 2024

Type: derivational
Function: superlative
Language: Celtic
Phonemic analysis: -/isam/-
From PIE: *-ism̥h₂-
From Proto-Celtic: *-isam-
Attestation: akluśamoualos

Commentary

Superlative suffix. The suffix variant without /i/ can be due to syncope, or generalised from forms in *°s-isam-, where /i/ was regularly syncopated (Stifter 2012b: 256 f.). See also -am-.

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