Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćúšnas

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćúšnas. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćúšnas, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćúšnas in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćúšnas you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćúšnas will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćúšnas, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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

Possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate. Compare Proto-Slavic *smokъ (dragon), which may be a borrowing from Proto-Iranian *cúšnakah.

Noun

*ćúšnas m[1][2]

  1. (mythology) dragon, serpent

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ćúšnas *ćúšnā *ćúšnā, -ās(as)
vocative *ćúšna *ćúšnā *ćúšnā, -ās(as)
accusative *ćúšnam *ćúšnā *ćúšnāns
instrumental *ćúšnā *ćúšnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *ćúšnāyš
ablative *ćúšnāt *ćúšnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *ćúšnaybʰyas
dative *ćúšnāy *ćúšnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *ćúšnaybʰyas
genitive *ćúšnasya *ćúšnayās *ćúšnāna(H)m
locative *ćúšnay *ćúšnayaw *ćúšnayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śúšnas
    • Sanskrit: शुष्ण (śúṣṇa, name of a demon slain by Indra)
  • Proto-Iranian: *cúšnaH f
    • Shughni:  f (sāγ̌(d))
      Bartagni:  f (sāwn, big snake)
      Khufi:  f (sāw)
      Rushani:  f (sāw, kind of snake)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “śúṣṇa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 649
  2. ^ Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2016) Rozważania nad genezą prasłowiańskiego apelatywu *smokъ [Some reflections on the origin of the Proto-Slavic term for ‘dragon’]‎ (in Polish), Uniwersytet Łódzki