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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-ā́ćš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-ḗḱs ~ *-eḱés, possibly borrowed from a substrate language. Cognate with Proto-Hellenic *-ḗks.

Suffix

*-ā́ćš[1]

  1. animal and plant suffix

Declension
consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-ā́ćš *-ā́ćš *-ā́ćš
vocative *-ać *-ā́ćš *-ā́ćš
accusative *-aćám *-ā́ćš *-ā́ćš
instrumental *-aćáH *-aćbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m *-aćbʰíš
ablative *-aćás *-aćbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m *-aćbʰyáH
dative *-aćáy *-aćbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m *-aćbʰyáH
genitive *-aćás *-aćáwš *-aćām
locative *-aćí *-aćáwš *-aćsu

Descendants
Category Proto-Indo-Iranian nounses suffixed with *-ā́ćš not found
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-aHśás (in *HlawpaHśás (“fox”))
  • Proto-Iranian: *-aHcáh (in *HrawpaHcáh (“fox”)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *-ācá (in *mr̥ngācá (“bird”))
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: mřaṅćë́
        Kativiri: mřëṅáć
      • Prasuni: maṅćṹ, nĩź
    • Southern Nuristani: *nr̥ngācá (assimilation for *mr̥ngācá)
      • Ashkun: niṅasë́
      • Waigali: niṅëćë

References
  1. de Vaan, Michael (2000) “The Indo-Iranian animal suffix *-āćá”, in Indo-Iranian Journal, volume 43, number 3, Brill, →JSTOR
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