Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mardas
Proto-Finnic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás (“dead”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós.
Adjective edit
*mardas
Usage notes edit
May have been used to form a compound noun meaning "epidermis", though the precise formation is unrecoverable. Compare e.g. Estonian marrask, Finnish marraskesi, Ingrian marraskettu, Karelian marrasnahka, Ludian mardaznahk, Livonian mǭrdugnǭ'g (the second component being variably from *keci, *këttu, *nahka).
Inflection edit
Inflection of *mardas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *mardas | *martahët | |
accusative | *martahën | *martahët | |
genitive | *martahën | *mardastën *martahidën | |
partitive | *mardasta | *martahita | |
inessive | *martahëssa *martahëhna |
*martahissa *martahihna | |
elative | *martahësta | *martahista | |
illative | *martahësën | *martahisën | |
adessive | *martahëlla | *martahilla | |
ablative | *martahëlta | *martahilta | |
allative | *martahëlën *martahëlëk |
*martahilën *martahilëk | |
essive | *mardassa | *martahina | |
translative | *martahëksi | *martahiksi | |
instructive | *martahën | *martahin | |
comitative | *mardassëk | *martahinëk | |
abessive | *martahëtta | *martahitta |