Old Irish Námae 'Enemy' and the Celtic NT-Stems

Abstract

In this study, I will present as complete a collection as I can of Celtic nt-stems in order to answer the general question what types of nt-stems occur in Celtic, and specifically to use that collection to determine the most probable pre-form of Old Irish námae ‘enemy’ and its Gaulish cognates, about which there has been a lively discussion ever since 1923. I will also discuss in detail the system of adjectives and abstracts of which Old Irish lethan ‘broad’ : lethet ‘breadth’ is representative.