Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/paršás

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *pers-ó-s, from the root *pers- (bundle of leaves; bunched up leaves). Cognate with Latin porrum (leek) and possibly Ancient Greek πράσον (práson, leek).

Noun[edit]

*paršás m[1]

  1. sheaf, bundle of grain stalks
  2. ear of grain; the fruiting body of a grain plant

Declension[edit]

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *paršás *paršā́ *paršā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative *parša *paršā́ *paršā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative *paršám *paršā́ *paršā́ns
instrumental *paršā́ *paršáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *paršā́yš
ablative *paršā́t *paršáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *paršáybʰyas
dative *paršā́y *paršáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *paršáybʰyas
genitive *paršásya *paršáyās *paršā́na(H)m
locative *paršáy *paršáyaw *paršáyšu

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *parṣás
  • Proto-Iranian: *paršáh
  • Proto-Nuristani: *prása (ear of grain) (possibly)
    • Northern Nuristani:

References[edit]

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