Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mártyas

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 *mór-tyo-s, from *mer- (“to die”).

Noun

*mártyas m^[1]

mortal, man
Synonym: *mŕ̥tas

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mártyas	*mártyā(w)	*mártyās(as)
vocative	*mártya	*mártyā(w)	*mártyās(as)
accusative	*mártyam	*mártyā(w)	*mártyāns
instrumental	*mártyaH	*mártyaybʰyā(m)	*mártyāyš
ablative	*mártyāt	*mártyaybʰyā(m)	*mártyaybʰyas
dative	*mártyāy	*mártyaybʰyā(m)	*mártyaybʰyas
genitive	*mártyasya	*mártyayās	*mártyānaHam
locative	*mártyay	*mártyayaw	*mártyayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mártyas
- Sanskrit: मर्त्य (mártya)
Proto-Iranian: *mártyah
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬴𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maṣ̌iia)
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (mrc)
- Pashto: مېړه (meṛë́)
- Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y /⁠martiya⁠/)
- Sogdian: 𐼺𐽀𐽂𐼷𐼷‎ (mrtyy‎)
Proto-Nuristani: *mā́rča
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: móč
    
    Kativiri: múč
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: máć
  - Waigali: mač

References

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

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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