Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Haȷ́ás

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 *h₂éǵ-o-s, from *h₂eǵ- (“goat”) +‎ *-os (deverbal suffix). Cognate with Lithuanian ožỹs. An alternative reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European root is *h₂eyǵ-.

Noun

*Haȷ́ás m

goat

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Haȷ́ás	*Haȷ́ā́(w)	*Haȷ́ā́s(as)
vocative	*Haȷ́a	*Haȷ́ā(w)	*Haȷ́ās(as)
accusative	*Haȷ́ám	*Haȷ́ā́(w)	*Haȷ́ā́ns
instrumental	*Haȷ́áH	*Haȷ́áybʰyā(m)	*Haȷ́ā́yš
ablative	*Haȷ́ā́t	*Haȷ́áybʰyā(m)	*Haȷ́áybʰyas
dative	*Haȷ́ā́y	*Haȷ́áybʰyā(m)	*Haȷ́áybʰyas
genitive	*Haȷ́ásya	*Haȷ́áyās	*Haȷ́ā́naHam
locative	*Haȷ́áy	*Haȷ́áyaw	*Haȷ́áyšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Haȷ́ás
- Sanskrit: अज (ajá)
  - Pali: aja
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: [script needed] (aya), [script needed] (ayā)
Proto-Iranian: *Hajáh (see there for further descendants)

References

Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN