Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰáyas

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyos (“horse”).

Noun

*ȷ́ʰáyas m

1. horse

   Synonym: *Háćwas

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȷ́ʰáyas	*ȷ́ʰáyā	*ȷ́ʰáyā, -ās(as)
vocative	*ȷ́ʰáya	*ȷ́ʰáyā	*ȷ́ʰáyā, -ās(as)
accusative	*ȷ́ʰáyam	*ȷ́ʰáyā	*ȷ́ʰáyāns
instrumental	*ȷ́ʰáyā	*ȷ́ʰáyaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ʰáyāyš
ablative	*ȷ́ʰáyāt	*ȷ́ʰáyaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ʰáyaybʰyas
dative	*ȷ́ʰáyāy	*ȷ́ʰáyaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ʰáyaybʰyas
genitive	*ȷ́ʰáyasya	*ȷ́ʰáyayās	*ȷ́ʰáyāna(H)m
locative	*ȷ́ʰáyay	*ȷ́ʰáyayaw	*ȷ́ʰáyayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰáyas
  • Sanskrit: हय (háya)
• Proto-Iranian: *jáyah
  • Northern Kurdish: -zî (in dêlezî)