Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/-a

This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Etymology

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Suffix

*-a

1. Used to form adjectives denoting an resemblance to the suffixed noun: -like, -y

Declension

Declension of *-a (stem: *-a-)
		singular	plural
nominative		*-a	*-ajas
accusative	indefinite	*-a	*-ajas
	definite	*-aäs	*-ajasäs
instrumental		*-aän	*-ajasän
caritive		*-atäk	*-ajastäk
consecutive		*-ala	*-ajasla
genitive		*-alän	*-ajaslän
ablative		*-aliś	*-ajasliś
dative		*-ali	*-ajasli
inessive		*-ain	*-ajasin
elative		*-aiś	*-ajasiś
illative		*-aä	*-ajasä
egressive		*-aśań	*-ajasśań
approximative		*-alań	*-ajaslań
terminative		*-aäʒ́	*-ajasäʒ́
translative		*-ati	*-ajasti

Derived terms

Proto-Permic terms suffixed with *-a

Descendants

• Komi:
  • Komi-Permyak: -а (-a)
  • Komi-Zyrian: -а (-a)
• Udmurt: -о (-o)