Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mr̥gáh

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 edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.

Noun edit

*mr̥gáh[2]

  1. hen, bird

Inflection edit

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mr̥gáh *mr̥gā́ *mr̥gā́
vocative *mr̥ga *mr̥gā́ *mr̥gā́
accusative *mr̥gám *mr̥gā́ *mr̥gā́nh
instrumental *mr̥gā́ *mr̥gáybyaH *mr̥gā́yš
ablative *mr̥gā́t *mr̥gáybyaH *mr̥gáybyah
dative *mr̥gā́y *mr̥gáybyaH *mr̥gáybyah
genitive *mr̥gáhya *mr̥gáyāh *mr̥gā́nam
locative *mr̥gáy *mr̥gáyaw *mr̥gáyšu

Descendants edit

  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mərəγa)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
  • Southeastern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠murw⁠/, bird)
      Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫇𐫡𐫇 (mwrw)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mwlw')
  • Old Armenian: սիրամարգ (siramarg, peacock), լորամարգ (loramarg, quail-like bird), մարգաց (margacʿ, name of the 11th month)

References edit

  1. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 95
  2. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989) Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum[2], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212