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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *marhijō, with a change to ōn-stem. Equivalent to *marh (“horse”) + *-jā.
Noun
*marhijā f[1]
- mare, female horse
Inflection
| ōn-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*marhijā
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| Genitive
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*marhijōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*marhijā
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*marhijōn
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| Accusative
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*marhijōn
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*marhijōn
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| Genitive
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*marhijōn
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*marhijōnō
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| Dative
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*marhijōn
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*marhijōm, *marhijum
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| Instrumental
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*marhijōn
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*marhijōm, *marhijum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 243: “PWGmc *marhijā”
