Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćapʰás
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hōfaz.
Noun
*ćapʰás m
Declension
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ćapʰás | *ćapʰā́(w) | *ćapʰā́s(as) |
| vocative | *ćápʰa | *ćápʰā(w) | *ćápʰās(as) |
| accusative | *ćapʰám | *ćapʰā́(w) | *ćapʰā́ns |
| instrumental | *ćapʰáH | *ćapʰáybʰyā(m) | *ćapʰā́yš |
| ablative | *ćapʰā́t | *ćapʰáybʰyā(m) | *ćapʰáybʰyas |
| dative | *ćapʰā́y | *ćapʰáybʰyā(m) | *ćapʰáybʰyas |
| genitive | *ćapʰásya | *ćapʰáyās | *ćapʰā́naHam |
| locative | *ćapʰáy | *ćapʰáyaw | *ćapʰáyšu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śapʰás
- Sanskrit: शफ (śaphá)
- Proto-Iranian: *cafáh
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սմբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 233b
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 745, page 164