Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Haȷ́ás

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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 *h₂éǵ-o-s, from *h₂eǵ- (goat) +‎ *-os (deverbal suffix). Cognate with Lithuanian ožỹs. An alternative reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European root is *h₂eyǵ-.

Noun

*Haȷ́ás m

  1. goat

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Haȷ́ás *Haȷ́ā́(w) *Haȷ́ā́s(as)
vocative *Haȷ́a *Haȷ́ā(w) *Haȷ́ās(as)
accusative *Haȷ́ám *Haȷ́ā́(w) *Haȷ́ā́ns
instrumental *Haȷ́áH *Haȷ́áybʰyā(m) *Haȷ́ā́yš
ablative *Haȷ́ā́t *Haȷ́áybʰyā(m) *Haȷ́áybʰyas
dative *Haȷ́ā́y *Haȷ́áybʰyā(m) *Haȷ́áybʰyas
genitive *Haȷ́ásya *Haȷ́áyās *Haȷ́ā́naHam
locative *Haȷ́áy *Haȷ́áyaw *Haȷ́áyšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Haȷ́ás
    • Sanskrit: अज (ajá)
      • Pali: aja
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: (aya), (ayā)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hajáh (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN