请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 p-celtic
释义

P-Celticadj.n.

Brit. /ˈpiːˌkɛltɪk/, U.S. /ˈpiˌkɛltɪk/
Forms: 1900s– P-Celtic, 1900s– P-Keltic. Also with lower-case initial in the first element.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: P n., Celtic adj.
Etymology: < P n. + Celtic adj., after P-Celt n. Compare earlier Q-Celtic adj. Compare also earlier Brythonic adj. and Brittonic adj.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the group of Celtic languages in which the Indo-European voiceless labiovelar stop (the sound typically represented in modern written English by qu) lost its velar character to develop into the voiceless labial stop p; (of a person or group) that speaks a language of this type. Frequently contrasted with Q-Celtic adj.The Brittonic languages (now represented by Welsh, Cornish, and Breton) and Gaulish are usually considered to belong to this group; cf. Brittonic adj., Brythonic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [adjective] > Brythons
Brythonic1879
P-Celtic1902
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Celtic > Brythonic
Britishc1275
British Celtic1786
P-Celtic1902
1902 A. MacBain in W. F. Skene Highlanders Scotl. (new ed.) 393 The Epidi of Kintyre are distinctly of the P Celtic branch.
1949 Antiquity 23 23 By birth-place and blood, Kieran was closely associated with the P-Celtic tribe of Corcu-Loigde.
1979 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 92 359 Chapters on..Gaelic names, P-Celtic names (Pictish and Cumbric), and pre-Celtic names round out the body of the text.
2017 Archaeology Ireland 31 13/1 Recorded names are written in the P-Celtic dialect of Britain and continental Europe.
B. n.
The group of Celtic languages in which the Indo-European voiceless labiovelar stop (the sound typically represented in modern written English by qu) lost its velar character to develop into the voiceless labial stop p. Frequently contrasted with Q-Celtic n.The Brittonic languages (now represented by Welsh, Cornish, and Breton) and Gaulish are usually considered to belong to this group; cf. Brittonic n., Brythonic n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Celtic > Brythonic
BritishOE
British Celtic1786
Brythonic1879
Brittonic1918
P-Celtic1919
1919 Geogr. Jrnl. 53 139 Rumanian bears the same relation to Latin that Gaelic (Scotch and Irish—q-Celtic) does to Cymric (Welsh and Breton—p-Celtic).
1955 H. Hencken Indo-European Lang. & Archeol. iii. 7 Robinson considers that P-Celtic and Q-Celtic are sufficiently different to suggest than an interval of something like 1,000 years could have separated the settlement of these two kinds of Celts in the British Isles.
1972 W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. 74 The term Goidelic is chiefly used to denote Irish as distinct from British or, more technically speaking, to denote Q-Celtic as opposed to P-Celtic.
2014 Archaeol. Ireland 28 iii. 31/1 The division between P-Celtic (Brythonic) and Q-Celtic (Goidelic) identified by Lluyd remains in use today.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
<
adj.n.1902
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 12:44:58