Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćapʰás

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 *ḱoph₂ós. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hōfaz.

Noun

*ćapʰás m

  1. hoof (of an animal)

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ćapʰás *ćapʰā́(w) *ćapʰā́s(as)
vocative *ćápʰa *ćápʰā(w) *ćápʰās(as)
accusative *ćapʰám *ćapʰā́(w) *ćapʰā́ns
instrumental *ćapʰáH *ćapʰáybʰyā(m) *ćapʰā́yš
ablative *ćapʰā́t *ćapʰáybʰyā(m) *ćapʰáybʰyas
dative *ćapʰā́y *ćapʰáybʰyā(m) *ćapʰáybʰyas
genitive *ćapʰásya *ćapʰáyās *ćapʰā́naHam
locative *ćapʰáy *ćapʰáyaw *ćapʰáyšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śapʰás
  • Proto-Iranian: *cafáh

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սմբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 233b
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 745, page 164