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Forms adjectives or nominals of appurtenance to bases.
*dyew-(“sky”) + *-ós → *deywós(“(god) of the sky”)
Usage notes
These nominals are known as vṛddhi in Indo-Europeanist literature. The *e that the base incorporates in such formations is not necessarily the e-grade of the root; the *e is instead located after the first consonant of the root, no matter the root shape.
Inflection
Thematic
singular
nominative
*(e)-ós
genitive
*(e)-ósyo
singular
dual
plural
nominative
*(e)-ós
*(e)-óh₁
*(e)-óes
vocative
*(e)-é
*(e)-óh₁
*(e)-óes
accusative
*(e)-óm
*(e)-óh₁
*(e)-óms
genitive
*(e)-ósyo
*?
*(e)-óHom
ablative
*(e)-éad
*?
*(e)-ómos, *(e)-óbʰos
dative
*(e)-óey
*?
*(e)-ómos, *(e)-óbʰos
locative
*(e)-éy, *(e)-óy
*?
*(e)-óysu
instrumental
*(e)-óh₁
*?
*(e)-ṓys
Derived terms
Category Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-ós (vṛddhi) not found
