Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hárćas

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 *h₁élḱos (sore).

Noun

*Hárćas n[1]

  1. ulcer, sore
  2. haemorrhoids, piles

Inflection

neuter as-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Hárćas *HárćasiH *Hárćās
vocative *Hárćas *HárćasiH *Hárćās
accusative *Hárćas *HárćasiH *Hárćās
instrumental *HárćasaH *Hárćazbʰyā(m) *Hárćazbʰiš
ablative *Hárćasas *Hárćazbʰyā(m) *Hárćazbʰyas
dative *Hárćasay *Hárćazbʰyā(m) *Hárćazbʰyas
genitive *Hárćasas *HárćasHās *HárćasaHam
locative *Hárćasi *HárćasHaw *Hárćasu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hárśas
    • Sanskrit: अर्शस् (árśas, haemorrhoids) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hárcah
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (āsī, itch)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾrsx, haemorrhoids)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “árśas-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University