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 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

  • *mr̥ngācás
    • Proto-Nuristani:
      • Northern Nuristani:
        • Kamkata-viri:
          Kamviri: mřaṅćë́
          Kativiri: mřëṅáć
        • Prasuni: maṅćṹ, nĩź
      • Southern Nuristani:
        • Ashkun: niṅasë́
        • Waigali: niṅëćë

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-āśás
  • Proto-Iranian: *-ācáh

References

  1. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2000), “The Indo-Iranian animal suffix *-āćá-”, in Indo-Iranian Journal, volume 43, number 3, Brill, →JSTOR, pages 279-293