𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬨
Avestan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ayám, from Proto-Indo-European *ís. Cognate with Sanskrit अयम् (ayam)
Pronoun
[edit]𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬨 • (aiiə̄m)
- (demonstrative) this
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬨 (aiiə̄m) | 𐬌𐬨𐬀 (ima) | 𐬌𐬨𐬈 (ime) |
| vocative | — | — | — |
| accusative | 𐬌𐬨𐬆𐬨 (iməm) | — | 𐬌𐬨𐬄 (imą) |
| instrumental | 𐬀𐬥𐬁 (anā) | — | 𐬀𐬉𐬠𐬌𐬱 (aēbiš) |
| dative | 𐬀𐬵𐬨𐬁𐬌 (ahmāi) | 𐬁𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 (ābiia) | 𐬀𐬉𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (aēbiiō) |
| ablative | 𐬀𐬵𐬨𐬀𐬝 (ahmat̰) | — | — |
| genitive | 𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀 (ahiia) | 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬂 (aiiå) | 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬄𐬨 (aēšąm) |
| locative | 𐬀𐬵𐬨𐬍 (ahmī) | — | 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬎 (aēšu) |
References
[edit]- Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)[1], Brill, →ISBN, § 22.2: Demonstrative Pronouns, pages 72–73