Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hairaz
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This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-ro-s (“grey, dark”). Cognate with Old Irish cīar (“dark”), as well as probably Proto-Slavic *śěrъ (“gray”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*hairaz[1]
- grey
- (figurative) aged; old; lofty; distinguished
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *hairaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hairaz | *hairai | *hairō | *hairôz | *hairą, -atō | *hairō |
| Accusative | *hairanǭ | *hairanz | *hairǭ | *hairōz | *hairą, -atō | *hairō |
| Genitive | *hairas, -is | *hairaizǫ̂ | *hairaizōz | *hairaizǫ̂ | *hairas, -is | *hairaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hairammai | *hairaimaz | *hairaizōi | *hairaimaz | *hairammai | *hairaimaz |
| Instrumental | *hairanō | *hairaimiz | *hairaizō | *hairaimiz | *hairanō | *hairaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hairô | *hairaniz | *hairǭ | *hairōniz | *hairô | *hairōnō |
| Accusative | *hairanų | *hairanunz | *hairōnų | *hairōnunz | *hairô | *hairōnō |
| Genitive | *hairiniz | *hairanǫ̂ | *hairōniz | *hairōnǫ̂ | *hairiniz | *hairanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hairini | *hairammaz | *hairōni | *hairōmaz | *hairini | *hairammaz |
| Instrumental | *hairinē | *hairammiz | *hairōnē | *hairōmiz | *hairinē | *hairammiz |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]See also
[edit]| *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz | *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz | *blakaz, *swartaz |
| *raudaz | *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz | *gelwaz, *gulaz |
| *grōniz | *grōniz | |
| *blēwaz | *blēwaz, *hēwijaz | |
| *blēwaz, *hēwijaz | *baswaz |