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B R I E F C O M M U N I C A T I O N A D H I 1. ddhi 'above'. I have claimed an equivalence (Eriu 28, 1977, 145) between this word and Old Irish and- = Gaulish ande-, an intensive prefix. As a source I have reconstructed *H, dn-dhi. As a compounding element we see this form in adhi-deva- 'supreme god', adhi-pa 'ruler', adhi-bh(t- 'sovereign', adhi-rdj- 'paramount ruler', adhi-loka- 'highest world', adhi-hasti 'on an elephant'. F r o m this element an adjective is derived, ddhi-ka- 'chief, highest, superior; excessive', and as an adverb adhikam 'very much'. 2. ddhi 'under, up to'. Related to this we have adhds 'below, downwards' (*ndh~s), ddhara- 'lower', adharat 'below' (* ndher6-), adhamd- 'lowest'. The compounding form for this element is regularly adhas-. Well k n o w n equa- tions with these adjectives are Latin inferus 'lower, infernal' and infimus 'lowest', English under. F r o m Celtic Pierre-Yves L a m b e r t now has clarified for us (Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 34, 1987, 12--14) Gaulish (Chamali~res) andedion 'lower, inferior' or 'infernal': a n d e d i o n
Indo-Iranian Journal – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1989
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