Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-tás

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

Alternative forms

*-dás

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-tós.

Suffix

*-tás

Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Inflection

Thematic
	masculine	feminine
nominative	*-tás	*-táH
genitive	*-tásya	*-táHs
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-tás	*-táH	*-tā́s
vocative	*-tá	*-táH	*-tā́s
accusative	*-tám	*-táH	*-táns
genitive	*-tásya	*?	*-tā́m
ablative	*-tā́t	*?	*-támas
dative	*-tā́y	*?	*-támas
locative	*-táy	*?	*-táyšu
instrumental	*-táH	*?	*-tā́š
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-táH	*-táH(a)	*-táHas
vocative	*-táH	*-táH(a)	*-táHas
accusative	*-táHa	*-táH(a)	*-táHas
genitive	*-táHs	*?	*-táHaHam
ablative	*-táHs	*?	*-táHmas
dative	*-táHay	*?	*-táHmas
locative	-táH, -táHi	*?	*-táHsu
instrumental	*-táHH	*?	*-táHbʰi
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-tám	*-táy(H)	*-táH
vocative	*-tám	*-táy(H)	*-táH
accusative	*-tám	*-táy(H)	*-táH
genitive	*-tásya	*?	*-tā́m
ablative	*-tā́t	*?	*-támas
dative	*-tā́y	*?	*-támas
locative	*-táy	*?	*-táyšu
instrumental	*-táH	*?	*-tā́š

Derived terms

Category Proto-Indo-Iranian terms suffixed with *-tás not found

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-tás, *-dás
- Sanskrit: -त (-tá), -द (-dá)
Proto-Iranian: *-táh, *-dáh
- Avestan: -𐬙𐬀 (-ta)
- Ossetian: -д (-d) (i.e тагъд (taǧd, “quick; flowed, leaked”) from тӕзун (tæzun, “to flow; to leak, drip”))
- Bactrian: -το (-to /⁠-t⁠/)
- Parthian: (/⁠-tag, -dag⁠/) (>*táh-káh)
  Inscriptional Parthian script: -𐭕𐭊𐭉 (-tky)
  
  Manichaean script: -𐫤𐫃 (-tg), -𐫅𐫃 (-dg)
- Old Persian: -𐎫 (-t /⁠-ta⁠/, past participle)
  - Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠-tag, -dag⁠/) (>*táh-káh)
    Manichaean script: -𐫤𐫃 (-tg), -𐫅𐫃 (-dg)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (-tk')
    
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: -𐭲𐭪𐭩 (-tky)
    
    Psalter Pahlavi script: -𐮑𐮉𐮈 (-tky)
    
    Pazend script: -𐬙𐬀 (-ta), -𐬛𐬀 (-da)
    - Persian: ـته (-te, ta), ـده (-da, -de)