Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-ā́ćš
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-ḗḱs ~ *-eḱés, possibly borrowed from a substrate language. Cognate with Proto-Hellenic *-ḗks.
Suffix
*-ā́ćš[1]
- animal suffix
Declension
| consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *-ā́ćš | *-aćā́(w) | *-aćás |
| vocative | *-áć | *-áćā(w) | *-áćas |
| accusative | *-aćám | *-aćā́(w) | *-aćás |
| instrumental | *-aćáH | *-aȷ́bʰyā́(m) | *-aȷ́bʰíš |
| ablative | *-aćás | *-aȷ́bʰyā́(m) | *-aȷ́bʰyáH |
| dative | *-aćáy | *-aȷ́bʰyā́(m) | *-aȷ́bʰyáH |
| genitive | *-aćás | *-aćHā́s | *-aćáHam |
| locative | *-aćí | *-aćHáw | *-aćšú |
Derived terms
Proto-Indo-Iranian terms suffixed with *-ā́ćš
- *mr̥ngācás
- Proto-Nuristani:
- Northern Nuristani:
- Kamkata-viri:
- Kamviri: mřaṅćë́
- Kativiri: mřëṅáć
- Prasuni: maṅćṹ, nĩź
- Kamkata-viri:
- Southern Nuristani:
- Ashkun: niṅasë́
- Waigali: niṅëćë
- Northern Nuristani:
- Proto-Nuristani:
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-āśás
- Sanskrit: -आश (āśá) (only in लो॒पा॒श (lopāśá))
- Proto-Iranian: *-ācáh
References
- ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2000), “The Indo-Iranian animal suffix *-āćá-”, in Indo-Iranian Journal, volume 43, number 3, Brill, →JSTOR, pages 279-293