Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/fáynah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pʰáynas.

Noun

*fáynah m[1][2]

  1. foam, froth
  2. saliva, mucus

Inflection

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *fáynah *fáynā(w) *fáynāh(ah)
vocative *fáyna *fáynā(w) *fáynāh(ah)
accusative *fáynam *fáynā(w) *fáynānh
instrumental *fáynaH *fáynaybʰyā(m) *fáynāyš
ablative *fáynāt *fáynaybʰyā(m) *fáynaybʰyah
dative *fáynāy *fáynaybʰyā(m) *fáynaybʰyah
genitive *fáynahya *fáynayāh *fáynānaHam
locative *fáynay *fáynayaw *fáynayšu

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *fainah
      • Middle Persian: *fēn
        • Classical Persian: فِین (fīn, “snot”)

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*faina- : fina- / *(s)paimna- : (s)pimna-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 44
  2. ^ Kim, Ronald (2003) “On the historical phonology of Ossetic: the origin of the oblique case suffix”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎[1], volume 123, number 1, →DOI, page 60: “*faina-”
  3. ^ Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018) “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 571: “*fai̯mna-”
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