Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gárbʰas

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 *gʷólbʰ-o-s.

Noun

*gárbʰas m[1]

  1. the womb
  2. fetus, embryo

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gárbʰas *gárbʰā(w) *gárbʰās(as)
vocative *gárbʰa *gárbʰā(w) *gárbʰās(as)
accusative *gárbʰam *gárbʰā(w) *gárbʰāns
instrumental *gárbʰaH *gárbʰaybʰyā(m) *gárbʰāyš
ablative *gárbʰāt *gárbʰaybʰyā(m) *gárbʰaybʰyas
dative *gárbʰāy *gárbʰaybʰyā(m) *gárbʰaybʰyas
genitive *gárbʰasya *gárbʰayās *gárbʰānaHam
locative *gárbʰay *gárbʰayaw *gárbʰayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gárbʰas
    • Sanskrit: गर्भ (gárbha) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *gárbah
    • Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (garəβa)
    • Parthian:
      Manichaean script: 𐫃𐫡𐫀𐫁 (grʾb /⁠grāβ⁠/)
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (gpl /⁠gabr⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “gárbha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University