{"id":4513,"date":"2019-07-10T17:52:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T16:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=4513"},"modified":"2019-07-10T17:52:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T16:52:04","slug":"world-existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/07\/10\/world-existence\/","title":{"rendered":"World & Existence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words for world, existence and life<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*bitus<\/strong> = world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nbith<\/strong> [b\u02b2i\u03b8] = world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nbith<\/strong> [b\u02b2\u026ah \/ b\u02b2\u026a] = world, existence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nbith<\/strong> [bih] = life, existence, being, living; the world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nbeays<\/strong> = being, existence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*b\u0268d<\/strong> [\u02c8b\u0268\u02d0d] = world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Welsh<\/th>\nbid<\/strong> = world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\nbyd<\/strong> = world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nbyd<\/strong> [b\u0268\u02d0d \/ bi\u02d0d] = world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Cornish<\/th>\nbit, bys<\/strong>= world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nbys<\/strong> [b\u026a\u02d0z] = world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton<\/th>\nbit, bet<\/strong> = world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nbed<\/strong> = world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, teanglann.ie<\/a>, Fockleyreen: Manx – English Dictionary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Dictionnaire Favereau<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nsaegul<\/strong> = lifetime, world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nsaol<\/strong> [s\u02e0e\u02d0l\u02e0 \/ s\u02e0i\u02d0l\u02e0] = life, lifetime; time; world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nsaoghal<\/strong> [s\u026f\u02d0.\u0259l\u032a\u02e0] = world, life(span), lifetime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nseihll<\/strong> [se\u02d0l \/ s\u026f\u02d0l \/ si\u02d0l] = age, existence, life, lifetime, span; public, world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from the Latin saeculum<\/em> (race, breed; generation, lifetime; age, time; century; worldliness; the world) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, teanglann.ie<\/a>, Fockleyreen: Manx – English Dictionary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Dictionnaire Favereau<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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