Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰā́rd
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”), with unexplained voicing and aspiration of the initial consonant.
Noun
*ȷ́ʰā́rd ~ *ȷ́ʰr̥dás n[1]
- heart
- Synonym: *ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam
Inflection
| neuter consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ȷ́ʰā́rd | *ȷ́ʰárdiH | *ȷ́ʰárdi |
| vocative | *ȷ́ʰā́rd | *ȷ́ʰárdiH | *ȷ́ʰárdi |
| accusative | *ȷ́ʰā́rd | *ȷ́ʰárdiH | *ȷ́ʰárdi |
| instrumental | *ȷ́ʰr̥dáH | *ȷ́ʰr̥dbʰyā́(m) | *ȷ́ʰr̥dbʰíš |
| ablative | *ȷ́ʰr̥dás | *ȷ́ʰr̥dbʰyā́(m) | *ȷ́ʰr̥dbʰyáH |
| dative | *ȷ́ʰr̥dáy | *ȷ́ʰr̥dbʰyā́(m) | *ȷ́ʰr̥dbʰyáH |
| genitive | *ȷ́ʰr̥dás | *ȷ́ʰr̥dHā́s | *ȷ́ʰr̥dáHam |
| locative | *ȷ́ʰárd(i) | *ȷ́ʰr̥dHáw | *ȷ́ʰr̥tsú |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
- Vedic Sanskrit: हार्दि (hārdi) (from the strong cases), हृद् (hṛd) (from the weak cases)
- Proto-Iranian: *jā́rd (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2015) “Suppletive Phenomena in Older Indo-Iranian Noun Inflection”, in Diachrony and Suppletion[1], Prague