Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gárbʰas

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 *gʷólbʰ-o-s.

    Noun

    *gárbʰas m[1]

    1. the womb
    2. fetus, embryo

    Declension

    masculine a-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *gárbʰas *gárbʰā(w) *gárbʰās(as)
    vocative *gárbʰa *gárbʰā(w) *gárbʰās(as)
    accusative *gárbʰam *gárbʰā(w) *gárbʰāns
    instrumental *gárbʰaH *gárbʰaybʰyā(m) *gárbʰāyš
    ablative *gárbʰāt *gárbʰaybʰyā(m) *gárbʰaybʰyas
    dative *gárbʰāy *gárbʰaybʰyā(m) *gárbʰaybʰyas
    genitive *gárbʰasya *gárbʰayās *gárbʰānaHam
    locative *gárbʰay *gárbʰayaw *gárbʰayšu

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gárbʰas
      • Sanskrit: गर्भ (gárbha) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Iranian: *gárbah
      • Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (garəβa)
      • Parthian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫃𐫡𐫀𐫁 (grʾb /⁠grāβ⁠/)
      • Middle Persian:
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (gpl /⁠gabr⁠/)

    References

    1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “gárbha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University