Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/kacyápah

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas. Cognate with Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyápa).

Noun

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*kacyápah m[1]

  1. tortoise, turtle

Inflection

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masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kacyápah *kacyápā *kacyápā
vocative *kacyápa *kacyápā *kacyápā
accusative *kacyápam *kacyápā *kacyápānh
instrumental *kacyápā *kacyápaybyaH *kacyápāyš
ablative *kacyápāt *kacyápaybyaH *kacyápaybyah
dative *kacyápāy *kacyápaybyaH *kacyápaybyah
genitive *kacyápahya *kacyápayāh *kacyápānam
locative *kacyápay *kacyápayaw *kacyápayšu

Descendants

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  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬞𐬀 (kasiiapa)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (khuysaa)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (kyšph /⁠kiš(a)p⁠/)
    • Ossetian: хӕфс (xæfs) / хӕфсӕ (xæfsæ)[2]
  • Southeastern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (kšwk /⁠kašawag⁠/)
      • Classical Persian: کشف (kašaf)
    • Lurish:

References

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  1. ^ Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation)[1], Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 135
  2. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 162–163