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A common way to express 'very, extreme(ly), great(ly)' was to use the prefix ''rō-'' (which caused mutation; borrowed from Proto-Celtic ''*ɸro-''; cognate to Irish ''ró-'', Welsh ''rhy'', both 'too, excessively'). At first only adjectives could take this prefix, but later it was also used on nouns (influenced by Biblical Hebrew רוב *rubb 'multitude' used before a noun). | A common way to express 'very, extreme(ly), great(ly)' was to use the prefix ''rō-'' (which caused mutation; borrowed from Proto-Celtic ''*ɸro-''; cognate to Irish ''ró-'', Welsh ''rhy'', both 'too, excessively'). At first only adjectives could take this prefix, but later it was also used on nouns (influenced by Biblical Hebrew רוב *rubb 'multitude' used before a noun). | ||
:'''''waθθê hišθ-milħámā, rō-ħōljáδ hā́bā | :'''''waθθê hišθ-milħámā, Bōdī́kā šmâ. hinni hajāδā rō-ħōljáδ hā́bā.''''' | ||
:''Once | :''Once was a woman of war, named Boudica. But she was greatly lovesick.'' | ||
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